(SBN) 9780892368617 (hardcover) :||(BIB) Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.||(CON) Introduction : Archetypes of the enlightenment -- 1: What was the enlightenment? -- The language of light -- The encylcopÈdie, engine of the enlightenment -- 2: The sociable enlightenment -- Getting together: coffee houses and conversation -- Reading: the making of the enlightenment -- 3: Marriage, children and gender: the enlightenment family -- Enlightenment animals -- The comfortable home -- 4: The global enlightenment -- The four continents -- Mythical China: Chinoiserie, Mandarins and markets -- 5: Exploring the self -- Masks and masked balls: disguising the self -- The island of love -- 6: Authority and architecture -- The Salines de Chaux -- Sands Souci: Frederick II of Prussia, palaces and a Chinese pavilion -- 7: Science and medicine -- Isaac Newton: exploring the cosmos and capturing light -- The art of anatomy -- 8: Epilogue: the legacy of the enlightenment -- The vision of Matthias Koeppel.||(DON) Deirdre Le Faye Collection 

319 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 30 cm.