Enlightenment
Subtitle: Britain and the creation of the modern world
By: Roy Porter.
Publisher: Allen Lane/Penguin Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 727
Subjects: Enlightenment -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Description: While acknowledging France at the eve of the Revolution as the root of the modern world, Porter also makes a case for considering Britain's importance in catapulting the world into modernity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 616-693) and index.