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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453523403321

Autore

Jarrick Arne

Titolo

Back to modern reason [[electronic resource] ] : Johan Hjerpe and other petit bourgeios in Stockholm in the Age of Enlightenment / / Arne Jarrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-78138-617-X

1-84631-263-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Liverpool Science Fiction Texts

Disciplina

948.503

948.703

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Stockholm (Sweden) History 18th century

Stockholm (Sweden) Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: Johan Hjerpe and Enlightenment; The artisan uprising and forms of mentality; The culture of letters and the measurement of thoughts; Johan Hjerpe's reading and the individual in history; Epilogue: In retrospect; Bibliography; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

A revised and translated edition of Mot det moderna förnuftet, published in 1992. Utilising the diaries from the 1780's of Johan Hjerpe, the study focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions and contemporary social life in Stockholm.