The Age of Reason / / Frank E. Manuel.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Manuel, Frank E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: The Development of Western Civilization
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (146 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Contents --; Prolegomena --; I. The European World --; II. Science and Theology --; III. The Moral and Political Outlook --; IV. The Realm of France --; V. The British System --; VI. Empire of the Hapsburgs --; VII. Prussia: The State as Machine --; VIII. Russia: The Servile State --; IX. Balance of Power in War and Peace --; Chronological Summary --; Suggestions for Further Reading --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501744273; 9783110536171
• DOI: 10.7591/9781501744273
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frank E. Manuel.

The period between the Peace of Utrecht and the French Revolution is brought into focus in this essay. Professor Manuel deals with the age of the philosophes and the enlightened despots, when belief in man's ability to achieve a good society through reason was in its first hopeful flower. The powerful pressures of that time are evaluated - the rapidly increasing population, the phenomenal growth of cities and industries, the greater facility of travel and transportation, The modern nation-state, as exemplified in France, England, the Hapsburg Empire, Prussia, and Russia, was growing strong and centralized. The relations of these states to one another are discussed.