UID:
almahu_9949597491102882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9781501703515 (ebook) :
Content:
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-18th century. While living in New York, he recruited family, friends, servants, and slaves into multiple scientific ventures and built a transatlantic network of contacts and correspondents that included Benjamin Franklin and Carl Linnaeus. Over decades, Colden pioneered colonial botany, produced new theories of animal and human physiology, authored a history of the Iroquois, and developed principles of physics and an engaging explanation of the cause of gravity.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2016.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780801448034
Language:
English
URL:
Cornell scholarship online
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