Panorama of the Enlightenment

London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. Cloth, 319 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "In this book, the Enlightenment derives its special appeal as the historical staging ground for an intellectual ferment across Europe and America. Dorinda Outram places ideas in their widest possible context, expounding upon their social, political, and cultural implications and how they condition society's conduct in a variety of ways. She looks at what 'Enlightenment' meant to contemporaries, how it affected day-to-day life - for instance, by the spread of reading, the open discussion of religion and the relationship between the sexes, self-knowledge and introspection, scientific research, and advances in medicine." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: Archetypes of the Enlightenment; 1. What Was the Enlightenment?; 2. The Sociable Enlightenment; 3. Marriage, Children and Gender: the Enlightenment Family; 4. The Global Enlightenment; 5. "Know Thyself": the Self and Experience; 6. Authority and Architecture; 7. Science and Medicine; 8. Epilogue: The Legacy of the Enlightenment.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.