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.