The Enlightenment in Practice

by Jeremy L. Caradonna

Public academic prize contests--the concours académique--played a significant role in the intellectual life of Enlightenment France, with aspirants formulating positions on such matters as slavery, poverty, the education of women, tax reform, and urban renewal and submitting the resulting essays for scrutiny by panels of judges. In The Enlightenment in Practice, Jeremy L. Caradonna draws on archives both in Paris and the provinces to show...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801450608
• ISBN13: 9780801450600
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher