The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments
by Gertrude Himmelfarb
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1400077222
- ISBN 13
- 9781400077229
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
A keenly argued and thought-provoking history of the British, French and American Enlightenments by one of Gordon Brown's favourite writers, Gertrude Himmelfarb's elegant and eminently readable work, The Roads to Modernity, reclaims the Enlightenment from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in England and America. Contrasting the Enlightenments in the three nations, Himmerlfarb demonstrates the primacy and wisdom of the British, exemplified in such thinkers as Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke, as well as the unique and enduring contributions of the American Founders. It is their Enlightenments, she argues, that created a social ethic - humane, compassionate and realistic - that still resonates strongly today.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JH000070
- Title
- The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments
- Author
- Gertrude Himmelfarb
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1400077222
- ISBN 13
- 9781400077229
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- August 9, 2005
Terms of Sale
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
All orders subject to previous sale. Domestic Standard ships USPS Bound Printed Matter; Domestic Expedited ships UPS Ground; International ships via Air courier. All orders over $200.00 upgraded to UPS Ground without additional charge.
About the Seller
Powell's Bookstores Chicago
About Powell's Bookstores Chicago
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...