The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel by Starkey

The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004362123)

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The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel by Starkey

The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel

$162.00
The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel by Starkey

The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad: The Russells of Braidshaw in Aleppo and on the Coast of Coromandel

$162.00
Format: Hardcover
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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.


Author: Janet Starkey
ISBN-10: 9004362126
ISBN-13: 9789004362123
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2018
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.20d
By Janet Starkey
By Janet Starkey
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Janet Starkey MA (Hons), MPhil, PhD, retired lecturer from Durham University. A founder member of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East (ASTENE), she has published many edited volumes and articles on the Middle East.

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