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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works Juvenile literature |
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Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Toby E Huff |
ISBN: | 019517724X 9780195177244 0195221575 9780195221572 0195222695 9780195222692 |
OCLC Number: | 760080172 |
Description: | 173 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Settlements, trade, and conflict : the North American experience -- Rude awakenings : wealth redefined -- Most magnificent : the Ottoman Empire -- Peacocks and the power of pachyderms : the wonders of Mughal India -- Missionaries, maps, and magistrates with pink parasols : China encounters modern science -- The secrets of the heavens : new scientific theories -- The toolbox of the Enlightenment : the scientific revolution -- Bold ideas and prison sentences : the literary life -- Rising stars : Women in the Enlightenment -- Heads rolling : democracy and the consent of the people -- Epilogue : Benjamin Franklin, enlightened American. |
Series Title: | Medieval and early modern world. |
Responsibility: | Toby E. Huff. |
Abstract:
Presents an overview of the new scientific experiments and theories taking place between 1600 and 1800 all over the world and how these events changed the world. Includes a discussion on the rise of democracy. Includes illustrations and maps.
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