Civilization and Enlightenment : : The Early Thought of Fukuzawa Yukichi / / Albert M. Craig.
The idea that society progresses through stages of development, from savagery to civilization, arose in eighteenth-century Europe. Albert Craig traces how Fukuzawa Yukichi, deeply influenced by the Scottish Enlightenment, “translated” the idea for Japanese society, both enriching and challenging the...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The Scottish Enlightenment and the Stages of Civilization
- 2 American Geography Textbooks
- 3 John Hill Burton’s Political Economy
- 4 Invention, the Engine of Progress
- 5 An Outline of Theories of Civilization
- Reflections
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Sources and Credits
- Index