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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment

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Edited by Alan Charles Kors

700 entries

Covering the "long" Enlightenment, from the rise of Descartes' disciples in 1670 to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1815, these 700 articles by leading scholars range from discussions of mercantilism and democracy to the battlefield to the dissemination of ideas in salons and coffeehouses. Breaking conventional geographical boundaries, coverage includes not only Western Europe but also North America, Brazil, and Iberian, Russian, Jewish, and Eastern European cultures.

Alan Charles Kors has been teaching European intellectual history since 1968 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Professor of History.

Print Edition ISBN: 0195104307
E-Reference Edition ISBN: 019518761X
Print edition publication date: 2002




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