From José de Acosta to the Enlightenment: Barbarians, Climate Change, and (Colonial) Technology as the End of History.

The article considers early modern intellectual history related to the creation of colonial urban centers, the transfer of technology, climate change, and the spread of Christianity. Notable scholars considered include Spanish Jesuit missionary José de Acosta, German philosopher Johann Herder, Engli...

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Publicado en:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 435 - 460
Autor principal:	del Valle, Ivonne
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	University of Pennsylvania Press Winter2013
Materias:	Intellectual history Acosta, José de, 1540-1600 Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-1803 Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794 Urban history History of colonies
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