1st Edition

Modern British Utopias, 1700-1850 Vol 4

By Gregory Claeys Copyright 1997
    482 Pages
    by Routledge

    In the period 1700-1850, the history of utopian thought cast light on ideas of property-holding, community, and social and political reform movements, including those for the extension of rights to slaves, women and animals. This text includes some of the best-known tracts of the period.

    [John Elliott]. The Travels of Hildebrand Bowman (1778), [Thomas Spence]. A Supplement to the History of Robinson Crusoe ( 1782 ), [William Thomson]. The Man in the Moon; or, Travels into the Lunar Regions (2 vols, 1783), A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air ( 1784), The Modem Atalantis; Or, the Devil in an Air Balloon (1784), Aratus. A Voyage to the Moon Strongly Recommended to All Lovers of Real Freedom (1793), Modern Gulliver's Traveis ( 1796), A.E. Libellus: or, A Brief Sketch of the History of Gotham (1798)

    Biography

    Gregory Claeys