The Correspondence of Adam Ferguson
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 1995
Book
608 pages
978-1-85196-140-5 (ISBN)
Description
This Pickering edition of Adam Ferguson's correspondence contains over 400 letters, most of which have never before been published. The correspondence includes letters between Ferguson and Adam Smith, David Hume and Alexander Carlyle and many other central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.
Reviews / Votes
'This work is very welcome, and will be a prominent addition to any collection in Scottish Enlightenment studies, as well as British and European intellectual history.' Scotia 'Vincenzo Merolle's fine two volume edition of Ferguson's correspondence...gives an opportunity to reassess Ferguson's intellectual contribution while learning a great deal more about the man himself.' British Journal for Eighteenth-Century StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
1050 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85196-140-5 (9781851961405)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Dr Vincenzo Merolle is at the Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Political Science, University of Rome 'La Sapienza'. Jane B Fagg is McCain Professor in the Department of History at Lyon College, Arkansas.
Content
Volume 1 .1745-1780, Volume 2 .1781-1816