The Scottish enlightenment abroad : the Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel

著者

• Starkey, Janet

書誌事項

The Scottish enlightenment abroad : the Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the coast of Coromandel

by Janet Starkey

Brill, c2018

• : hardback

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-446) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad, Janet Starkey examines the lives and works of Scots working in the mid eighteenth century with the Levant Company in Aleppo, then within the Ottoman Empire; and those working with the East India Company in India, especially in the fields of natural history, medicine, ethnography and the collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts. The focus is on brothers from Edinburgh: Alexander Russell MD FRS, Patrick Russell MD FRS, Claud Russell and William Russell FRS. By examining a wide range of modern interpretations, Starkey argues that the Scottish Enlightenment was not just a philosophical discourse but a multi-faceted cultural revolution that owed its vibrancy to ties of kinship, and to strong commercial and intellectual links with Europe and further abroad.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB26497186
• ISBN:
  • 9789004362123
• 出版国コード: ne
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Leiden
• ページ数/冊数: xvi, 467 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : DA812
  • DC23 : 956.91/3
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Enlightenment -- Scotland
  • LCSH : Scots -- Syria -- Aleppo
  • LCSH : Russell family