The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain

The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 488
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ISBN-10 : 0300046715
ISBN-13 : 9780300046717
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Book Synopsis The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain by : David Spadafora

Download or read book The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain written by David Spadafora and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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