The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York /
Dixon, John M.,1970-author.
"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also became one of the most hated political figures in pre-Revolutionary New York"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enlightened age -- Pursuit of gentility -- Intellectuals -- Knowledge of empires -- Otium -- Philosophical actions -- Against partisanship -- Colden's ordeal.
"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also became one of the most hated political figures in pre-Revolutionary New York"--
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776.
Intellectual life.
Philosophy.
Political participation.
Politics and government.