The Enlightenment in Practice by Jeremy L Caradonna
Jeremy L. Caradonna draws on archives both in Paris and the provinces of France to show that thousands of individuals participated in intellectual competitions during the Enlightenment.The Enlightenment in Practice is a remarkable achievementIt is a tour de force that will make us think differently about the Enlightenment for a long time to come. The author who has uncovered so much about academic prizes deserves one himself.
-- Ronald Schechter * Eighteenth-Century Life *At ?rst glance, Jeremy Caradonna's book is a new study about the world of academies in France that follows and complements similar works by Daniel Roche..Readers will enjoy this well-written and well-constructed history, which adds an important piece to the puzzle of the history of the Enlightenment. In addition, the book o?ers a new perspective on modern state building in underlining the rise of public expertise, a path that should be continued in the future.
-- Jérôme Loiseau * European History Quarterly *This book adds an important dimension to our understanding of the cultural climate in prerevolutionary France. Mobilizing an impressive body of research on the academies and their prize contestants, Cardonna also presents their story in clear, beautifully organized prose.
-- William Beik * The Journal of Modern History *Jeremy L. Caradonna is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alberta.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801450600 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801450608 |
| Title | The Enlightenment in Practice |
| Author | Jeremy L Caradonna |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press |
| Year published | 2012-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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