Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 243 pages : black and white illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "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"--

Subject

1. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 -- Political activity.
2. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 -- Philosophy.
3. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776.
4. To 1799
5. Scientists -- History.
6. Botany -- History.
7. Physiology -- History.
8. Physics -- History.
9. Intellectual life.
10. Philosophy.
11. Political participation.
12. Politics and government.
13. New York (State) -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
14. New York (State) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
15. New York (State)

Contents

1. Enlightened age -- Pursuit of gentility -- Intellectuals -- Knowledge of empires -- Otium -- Philosophical actions -- Partisanship -- Colden's ordeal.

Call number

1. IR 16-2925

Language

1. English

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.

Author

1. Dixon, John M., 1970- author.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

LCCN

1. 2015036031

ISBN

1. 9780801448034 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0801448034