Harvey Chisick was born in London, England, in 1946. With his family he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he attended elementary and secondary schools, and did his B.A. He received his doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of a number of books and articles on the social and intellectual history of the eighteenth century.

• Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Jon WoronoffChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 Chronological TableChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 The DictionaryChapter 7 BibliographyChapter 8 About the Author

Scarecrow's Enlightenment volume provides an impressive and useful overview of an age valued for its commitment to progress, science, reason, taste, and virtue, but the author does not pretend that the era always lived up to those ideals....wonderfully useful...Recommended.

Harvey Chisick was born in London, England, in 1946. With his family he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he attended elementary and secondary schools, and did his B.A. He received his doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of a number of books and articles on the social and intellectual history of the eighteenth century.

• Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Jon WoronoffChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 Chronological TableChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 The DictionaryChapter 7 BibliographyChapter 8 About the Author

Scarecrow's Enlightenment volume provides an impressive and useful overview of an age valued for its commitment to progress, science, reason, taste, and virtue, but the author does not pretend that the era always lived up to those ideals....wonderfully useful...Recommended.

Harvey Chisick was born in London, England, in 1946. With his family he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he attended elementary and secondary schools, and did his B.A. He received his doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University, and is the author of a number of books and articles on the social and intellectual history of the eighteenth century.

• Chapter 1 Editor's Foreword Jon WoronoffChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 Chronological TableChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 The DictionaryChapter 7 BibliographyChapter 8 About the Author

Scarecrow's Enlightenment volume provides an impressive and useful overview of an age valued for its commitment to progress, science, reason, taste, and virtue, but the author does not pretend that the era always lived up to those ideals....wonderfully useful...Recommended.