The Britannica Guide to the Ideas that Made the Modern World

• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 369
• Copyright: 2008
• Introduction: by A.C. Grayling

The Britannica Guide series offers an essential introduction to key issues of our time. Clear, accurate, and meticulously researched, the series gives both the background and analysis for when you need to know for sure what is really happening in the world, whether you are an expert, student, or general reader.

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• The Britannica Guide to Modern China
• The Britannica Guide to the Brain
• The Britannica Guide to the 100 Most Influential Americans

Contents:

vii List of Illustrations
ix Introduction
1 A History of the Enlightenment
38 The Scientific Revolution
67 Man and Evolution
100 Culture and Education
146 Economics and Industrial Revolution
169 The Age of Revolution: Enlightenment Politics
212 Philosophy, Ethics, and Religion
251 Key Figures: Thinkers, Writers, and Revolutionaries
319 Key Texts: Extracts and Further Reading

355 Further Reading
357 Index

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