The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden: Empire, Science, and Intellectual Culture in British New York

by John M. Dixon

Was there a conservative Enlightenment? Could a self-proclaimed man of learning and progressive science also have been an agent of monarchy and reaction? Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776), an educated Scottish emigrant and powerful colonial politician, was at the forefront of American intellectual culture in the mid-eighteenth century. While living in rural New York, he recruited family, friends, servants, and slaves into multiple scientific ventures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801448034
• ISBN13: 9780801448034
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher