The Enlightenment and the origins of European Australia:

"The Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia surveys some of the key intellectual influences in the formation of Australian society by emphasising the impact of the Enlightenment with its commitment to rational enquiry and progress, attitudes which owed much to the successes of the...

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Main Author: Gascoigne, John 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge University Press 2002
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Table of contents
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Summary:"The Enlightenment and the Origins of European Australia surveys some of the key intellectual influences in the formation of Australian society by emphasising the impact of the Enlightenment with its commitment to rational enquiry and progress, attitudes which owed much to the successes of the Scientific Revolution. The first part of the book analyses the political and religious background of the period from the First Fleet (1788) to the mid-nineteenth century. The second demonstrates the pervasiveness of ideas of improvement - a form of the idea of progress - which originally largely derived from agriculture but were to shape attitudes to human nature in fields as diverse as education, penal discipline and race relations."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-216) and index
Physical Description:xiii, 233 p. ill. : 26 cm
ISBN:0521803438

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