The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York /

The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York /

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Author / Creator:	Dixon, John M., 1970- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Colden, Cadwallader, -- 1688-1776 -- Political activity. Colden, Cadwallader, -- 1688-1776 -- Philosophy. Colden, Cadwallader, -- 1688-1776. Intellectual life. Philosophy. Political participation. Politics and government. New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775. New York (State) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. New York (State)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10649395

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ISBN:	9780801448034 0801448034
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also became one of the most hated political figures in pre-Revolutionary New York"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
A Note on Dates
Introduction
Part I. Beginnings
1. Enlightened Age
2. Pursuit of Gentility
3. Intellectuals
Part II. Active Matters
4. Knowledge of Empires
5. Otium
6. Philosophical Actions
Part III. Politics
7. Against Partisanship
8. Colden's Ordeal
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographic Note
Index