The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain
The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-century Britain

Author: David Spadafora

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780300046717

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The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. Drawing on hundreds of eighteenth-century books and pamphlets, David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism.

The English Press in the Eighteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)
The English Press in the Eighteenth Century (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Jeremy Black

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-10-18

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1136836306

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First published in 1987, this is a comprehensive analysis of the rise of the British Press in the eighteenth century, as a component of the understanding of eighteenth century political and social history. Professor Black considers the reasons for the growth of the "print culture" and the relations of newspapers to magazines and pamphlets; the mechanics of circulation; and chronological developments. Extensively illustrated with quotations from newspapers of the time, the book is a lively as well as original and informative treatment of a topic that must remain of first importance for the literate historian.