The empire of reason : how Europe imagined and Europe realised the enlightenment /

Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998.

The empire of reason : how Europe imagined and Europe realised the enlightenment / Henry Steele Commager. - Pbk. ed. - London : Phoenix, 2000. - xiv, 381 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The foremost American historian of his generation explores America's European origins and shows how the new country embodied the principles of the Enlightenment.

184212076X


Enlightenment--United States.


United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
Estados Unidos--Vida intelectual--Siglo XVIII.

002 E 163 / C734e 2000

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