LibGuides: MHS Library: AP Euro/World History: Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment by Gail B. Stewart
Call Number: 190 STE
ISBN: 1567119298
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment by Alan Charles Kors (Editor)
Call Number: REF 940.2 ENC V. 1 - 4
ISBN: 0195104315
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Routledge Staff; Edward Craig (Editor)
Call Number: REF 103 CON
ISBN: 0415223644
Publication Date: 1999-12-28
France in the Enlightenment by Daniel Roche; Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
Call Number: 944.034 ROC
ISBN: 0674317475
Publication Date: 1998-10-20
Voltaire by Jason Porterfield
Call Number: 194 POR
ISBN: 1404204237
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith; Edwin Cannan (Editor); Adam Smith
Call Number: 330.15 SMI
ISBN: 0679424733
Publication Date: 1994-01-25

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ABC-CLIO: World History: The Modern Era This link opens in a new window
Includes background articles on thinkers and concepts as well as primary source documents.
GALE: World History This link opens in a new window
Reaches back to the ancient world – and forward to today’s headlines to provide an overview of world history that covers the most-studied events, periods, cultures, civilizations, religions, conflicts, wars, ideologies, cultural movements, and people.
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Fordham University: Internet Sourcebook - Enlightenment
Includes links to Primary Source materials.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Discussion of the Enlightenment. Use the search feature for entries on individual thinkers.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
Natural Law, Natural Rights and American Constitionalism
Background information and primary source documents for John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and Montesquieu.

Milestone Documents in World History by Brian Bonhomme (General Editor); Cathleen Boivin (General Editor)
ISBN: 9780979775864
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Print and online eBook that contains the full text of primary source documents along with author and audience information, timelines, and detailed document analysis including discussions of context and impact for each source.

SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT

John Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government
Full text plus document analysis of each chapter, author info, context, impact and timeline.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen
Includes full text of the documents plus analysis, author info, context, impact and timeline.