George Washington's false teeth
Subtitle: an unconventional guide to the eighteenth century
By: Robert Darnton.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Enlightenment -- France; France -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION ix; title: 1 THE CASE FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FALSE TEETH 3; title: 2 THE NEWS IN PARIS:; title: AN EARLY INFORMATION SOCIETY 25; title: 3 THE UNITY OF EUROPE: CULTURE AND POLITENESS 76; title: 4 THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: VOLTAIRE AND JEFFERSON 89; title: 5 THE GREAT DIVIDE: ROUSSEAU ON THE ROUTE TO VINCENNES 107; title: 6 THE CRAZE FOR AMERICA: CONDORCET AND BRISSOT 119; title: 7 THE PURSUIT OF PROFIT: ROUSSEAUISM ON THE BOURSE 137; title: 8 THE SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: How HISTORIANS PLAY GOD 156.