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The end of Enlightenment : empire, commerce, crisis
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- Creator
- Richard Whatmore
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2023
- ©2023
- Physical Details
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- xxxii, 458 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, color portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780241523421, 0241523427, 9780241523438, 9780241523438
- OCLC
- on1402254498
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-429) and index (pages 431-458).
- Introduction -- 1. The meaning of Enlightenment -- 2. David Hume and the end of the world -- 3. Shelburne, his circle and the end of Britain -- 4. Catharine Macaulay and the end of liberty -- 5. Edward Gibbon and the end of the republics -- 6. Edmund Burke and the end of Europe -- 7. Jacques-Pierre Brissot and the end of empire -- 8. Thomas Paine and the end of revolution -- 9. Mary Wollstonecraft and the end of equality -- 10. And by confusion stand