The Scottish Enlightenment and Early Victorian English Society

Originally published in 1986, this book creates a vivid portrait of the interaction of Scottish ideas and early Victorian English society over 50 years, illuminated by detail and substantial in its range. The book delineates certain ideas of the so-called Scottish Enlightenment and the education that purveyed them.

Autorentext
Anand C. Chitnis

Inhalt

1. The Scottish Enlightenment: The Teaching and the Professors 2. The Scottish Enlightenment: The Students and the Learning 3. Into England and the Nineteenth Century: 'Only connect'4. 'Scotch Knowledge' at Work I 5. 'Scotch Knowledge' at Work II 6. Conclusion.