Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

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Rousseau and Revolution A history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789 By Wil Durant and Ariel Durant - New York Simon and Schuster 1967 - 1091 p. - The story of civilization 10 Part X .

Includes Index

Prelude. Rousseau wanderer : 1712-56 ; The Seven Years' War : 1756-63 -- France before the deluge : 1757-74. The life of the state ; The art of life ; Voltaire patriarch : 1758-78 ; Rousseau romantic : 1756-62 ; Rousseau philosopher ; Rousseau outcast : 1762-67 -- The Catholic South : 1715-89. Italia felix : 1715-59 ; Portugal and Pombal : 1706-82 ; Spain and the Enlightenment : 1700-88 ; Vale, Italia : 1760-89 ; The Enlightenment in Austria : 1756-90 ; Music reformed ; Mozart -- Islam and the Slavic East : 1715-96. Islam : 1715-96 ; Russian interlude : 1725-62 ; Catherine the Great : 1762-96 ; The rape of Poland : 1715-95 -- The Protestant North : 1756-89. Frederick's Germany : 1756-86 ; Kant : 1724-1804 ; Roads to Weimar : 1733-87 ; Weimar in flower : 17775-1805 ; Goethe Nestor : 1805-32 ; The Jews : 1715-89 ; Geneva to Stockholm -- Johnson's England : 1756-89. The Industrial Revolution ; The political drama : 1756-92 ; The English people : 1756-89 ; The age of Reynolds ; 1756-90 ; England's neighbors : 1756-89 ; The literary scene : 1756-89 ; Samuel Johnson : 1709-84 -- The collapse of feudal France : 1774-89. The final glory : 1774-83 ; Death and the philosophers : 1774-1807 ; On the eve : 1774-89 ; The anatomy of revolution : 1774-89 ; The political debacle 1783-98.

"A history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756 and in the remainder of Europe from 1715-1789." "There is no 'popular history that is so encyclopedic in scope, so brightly readable in style.'" Saturday Rev.


Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778


Europe --Civilization -- 18th century
Civilization --History

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