Thinking Matter - Materialism in Eighteenth Century Britain

The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300159424

The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to

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Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300245424

A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Br

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Writing and constructing the self in Great Britain in the long eighteenth century 9781526123374

This volume explores the notion of the ‘self’ as it was elaborated and expressed by philosophers, novelists, churchmen,

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Enlightened Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge 9781350203587, 9781350203617, 9781350203594

How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers, also emerged

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India in the Eighteenth Century

The 18th century is unfolded with a view of acquainting the lay reader and the professed student of history with the for

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Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Nation of Makers 9781501349614, 9781501349645, 9781501349638

The eighteenth century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Centu

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Evaluating Empire and Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9781107030558, 9781107682986, 2012021362

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Enlightenment Reformation: Hutchinsonianism and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain 1315316862, 9781315316864

Taking a fresh and imaginative approach to the topic, Enlightenment Reformation investigates how and why Hutchinsonianis

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Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1690-1820s: The Long Eighteenth Century 9781474419659

This innovative volume presents for the first time collective expertise on women's magazines and periodicals of the

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Crisis of Empire : Britain and America in the Eighteenth Century 9781441144690, 9781441104458

Britain and the USA have helped define much of world history in recent centuries, and the relationship between the two i

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