Essays on the history of mankind in rude and cultivated ages

Author(s)

• Dunbar, James
• Berry, Christopher J.

Bibliographic Information

Essays on the history of mankind in rude and cultivated ages

James Dunbar ; with a new introduction by Christopher J. Berry

（Scottish thought and culture, 1750-1800 / series editor, Richard B. Sher, . Conjectural history and anthropology）

Thoemmes Press, 1995

Note

Reprint of: 2nd ed. London : Printed for W. Strahan, 1781

Includes original t.p

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In contrasting manners and customs in "barbarous" and "civilized" societies, the Aberdonian academic James Dunbar (1742-1798) engaged in one of the principal debates of the Scottish Engligtenment. First published in 1780, the "Essays" were praised, among others, by Samuel Johnson.

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Details

• NCID: BA24957936
• ISBN:
  • 1855063395
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bristol
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 456 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 909
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24481698