Further reading American Enlightenment

1 further reading

1.1 biographies
1.2 academic studies
1.3 historiography
1.4 primary sources

further reading
biographies

aldridge, a. owen, (1959). man of reason: life of thomas paine. lippincott.
cunningham, noble e. in pursuit of reason (1988) well-reviewed short biography of jefferson.
weinberger, jerry benjamin franklin unmasked: on unity of moral, religious, , political thought (university press of kansas, 2008) isbn 0-7006-1584-9

academic studies

allen, brooke moral minority: our skeptical founding fathers (2007) ivan r dee, inc, isbn 1-56663-751-1
bailyn, bernard ideological origins of american revolution (1992) belknap press of harvard university press, isbn 0-674-44302-0
bedini, silvio jefferson , science (2002) university of north carolina press, isbn 1-882886-19-4
cohen, i. bernard science , founding fathers: science in political thought of jefferson, franklin, adams , madison (1995) ww norton & co, isbn 0-393-03501-8
dray, philip stealing god s thunder: benjamin franklin s lightning rod , invention of america (2005) random house, isbn 1-4000-6032-x
ellis, joseph. habits of mind , american enlightenment, american quarterly vol. 28, no. 2, special issue: american enlightenment (summer, 1976), pp. 150–14 in jstor
ferguson, robert a. american enlightenment, 1750–1820 (1997) harvard university press, isbn 0-674-02322-6
gay, peter enlightenment: rise of modern paganism (1995) w. w. norton & company, isbn 0-393-31302-6; enlightenment: science of freedom (1996) w. w. norton & company, isbn 0-393-31366-2
greeson, jennifer american enlightenment: new world , modern western thought. american literary history (2013) online
israel, jonathan revolution of mind – radical enlightenment , intellectual origins of modern democracy (2009) princeton university press, isbn 0-691-14200-9
jayne, allen jefferson s declaration of independence: origins, philosophy , theology (2000) university press of kentucky, isbn 0-8131-9003-7; [traces tj s sources , emphasizes incorporation of deist theology declaration.]
koch, adrienne. pragmatic wisdom , american enlightenment, william , mary quarterly vol. 18, no. 3 (jul., 1961), pp. 313–329 in jstor
may, henry f. enlightenment in america (1978) oxford university press, u.s., isbn 0-19-502367-6; standard survey
may, henry f. divided heart: essays on protestantism , enlightenment in america (oxford 1991) online
mcdonald, forrest novus ordo seclorum: intellectual origins of constitution (1986) university press of kansas, isbn 0-7006-0311-5
meyer d. h. uniqueness of american enlightenment, american quarterly vol. 28, no. 2, special issue: american enlightenment (summer, 1976), pp. 165–86 in jstor
nelson, craig thomas paine: enlightenment, revolution, , birth of modern nations (2007) penguin, isbn 0-14-311238-4
ralston, shane american enlightenment thought (2011), internet encyclopedia of philosophy.
reid-maroney, nina philadelphia s enlightenment, 1740–1800: kingdom of christ, empire of reason (2000)
richard, c.j. founders , classics: greece, rome , american enlightenment (1995) harvard university press, isbn 0-674-31426-3
sanford, charles b. religious life of thomas jefferson (1987) university of virginia press, isbn 0-8139-1131-1
sheridan, eugene r. jefferson , religion, preface martin marty, (2001) university of north carolina press, isbn 1-882886-08-9
staloff, darren hamilton, adams, jefferson: politics of enlightenment , american founding. (2005) hill & wang, isbn 0-8090-7784-1
winterer, caroline american enlightenments: pursuing happiness in age of reason (2016) yale university press, isbn 0-3001-9257-6
wood, gordon s. radicalism of american revolution (1993) vintage, isbn 0-679-73688-3

historiography

caron, nathalie, , naomi wulf. american enlightenments: continuity , renewal. journal of american history (2013) 99#4 pp: 1072–91. online
dixon, john m. henry f. may , revival of american enlightenment: problems , possibilities intellectual , social history. william & mary quarterly (2014) 71#2 pp: 255–80. in jstor

primary sources

torre, jose, ed. enlightenment in america, 1720–1825 (4 vol. pickering & chatto publishers, 2008) 1360 pages; table of contents online @ pickering & chatto website
lemay, a. leo, ed. franklin: writings (library of america, 1987)
jefferson, thomas. thomas jefferson, political writings ed joyce appleby , terence ball. cambridge university press. 1999 online
paine, thomas. thomas paine: collected writings. ed. eric foner. library of america, 1995. isbn 1-883011-03-5.
smith, james morton, ed. republic of letters: correspondence between thomas jefferson , james madison, 1776–1826, 3 vols. (1995)