The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth Century Britain

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pp. xv, (1), 464, “The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. Drawing on hundreds of eighteenth-century books and pamphlets, David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism. “

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ISBN 0300046715
ISBN13 9780300046717
Number of pages 464
Original Title The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth Century Britain
Published Date 1990
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication New haven
Edition First Edition
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pp. xv, (1), 464, “The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. Drawing on hundreds of eighteenth-century books and pamphlets, David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism. “

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Weight 1.6 kg