Breeding : : A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century / / Jenny Davidson.
The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing¿breeding¿could make any man a member of the cultural elite. Yet eve...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
LEADER | 04636nam a22007935i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 9780231511117 | ||
003 | DE-B1597 | ||
005 | 20220302035458.0 | ||
006 | m|||||o||d|||||||| | ||
007 | cr || |||||||| | ||
008 | 220302t20082008nyu fo d z eng d | ||
019 | |a (OCoLC)1024032085 | ||
020 | |a 9780231511117 | ||
024 | 7 | |a 10.7312/davi13878 |2 doi | |
035 | |a (DE-B1597)458777 | ||
035 | |a (OCoLC)979909842 | ||
040 | |a DE-B1597 |b eng |c DE-B1597 |e rda | ||
041 | 0 | |a eng | |
044 | |a nyu |c US-NY | ||
072 | 7 | |a HIS037050 |2 bisacsh | |
082 | 0 | 4 | |a 809/.93353 |
084 | |a HL 1101 |2 rvk |0 (DE-625)rvk/50382: | ||
100 | 1 | |a Davidson, Jenny, |e author. |4 aut |4 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Breeding : |b A Partial History of the Eighteenth Century / |c Jenny Davidson. |
264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Columbia University Press, |c [2008] | |
264 | 4 | |c ©2008 | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (312 p.) | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file |b PDF |2 rda | ||
505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Introduction. Breeding Before Biology -- |t Chapter 1. The Rules of Resemblance -- |t Chapter 2. Bent -- |t Chapter 3. Cultures of Improvement -- |t Chapter 4. A Natural History of Inequality -- |t Chapter 5. Blots on the Landscape -- |t Chapter 6. Shibboleths -- |t Notes -- |t Bibliography of Works Cited -- |t Index |
506 | 0 | |a restricted access |u http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec |f online access with authorization |2 star | |
520 | |a The Enlightenment commitment to reason naturally gave rise to a belief in the perfectibility of man. Influenced by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, many eighteenth-century writers argued that the proper education and upbringing¿breeding¿could make any man a member of the cultural elite. Yet even in this egalitarian environment, the concept of breeding remained tied to theories of blood lineage, caste distinction, and biological difference. Turning to the works of Locke, Rousseau, Swift, Defoe, and other giants of the British Enlightenment, Jenny Davidson revives the debates that raged over the husbandry of human nature and highlights their critical impact on the development of eugenics, the emergence of fears about biological determinism, and the history of the language itself. Combining rich historical research with a keen sense of story, she links explanations for the physical resemblance between parents and children to larger arguments about culture and society and shows how the threads of this compelling conversation reveal the character of a century. A remarkable intellectual history, Breeding not only recasts the fundamental concerns of the Enlightenment but also uncovers the seeds of thought that bloomed into contemporary notions of human perfectibility. | ||
530 | |a Issued also in print. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. | ||
546 | |a In English. | ||
588 | 0 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) | |
650 | 0 | |a Biology in literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Breeding in literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Breeding |z Great Britain |x Philosophy |x History |y 18th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Education and heredity |x Philosophy |x History |y 18th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a English literature |y 18th century |x History and criticism. | |
650 | 0 | |a Eugenics in literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Eugenics |x History |y 18th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Heredity in literature. | |
650 | 0 | |a Literature and science |z Great Britain |x History |y 18th century. | |
650 | 0 | |a Nature and nurture |z Great Britain |x Philosophy |x History |y 18th century. | |
650 | 7 | |a HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. |2 bisacsh | |
773 | 0 | 8 | |i Title is part of eBook package: |d De Gruyter |t Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |z 9783110442472 |
776 | 0 | |c print |z 9780231138789 | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.7312/davi13878 |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231511117 |
856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Cover |u https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231511117/original |
912 | |a 978-3-11-044247-2 Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |c 2000 |d 2013 | ||
912 | |a EBA_BACKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_CL_HICS | ||
912 | |a EBA_EBACKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_EBKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_ECL_HICS | ||
912 | |a EBA_EEBKALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_ESSHALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_PPALL | ||
912 | |a EBA_SSHALL | ||
912 | |a GBV-deGruyter-alles | ||
912 | |a PDA11SSHE | ||
912 | |a PDA13ENGE | ||
912 | |a PDA17SSHEE | ||
912 | |a PDA5EBK |