The Scottish Enlightenment: Race, Gender, and the Limits of Progress

By Silvia Sebastiani

Book Overview

The Scottish Enlightenment shaped a new conception of history as a gradual and universal progress from savagery to civil society. Whereas women emancipated themselves from the yoke of male-masters,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349296228
• ISBN13: 9781349296224
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"