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Jeremiah Joyce : radical and science educator

Traces the legacies, traditions and visions of the English Enlightenment as they are expressed through Joyce's life and literary production. This work explores the evolution of these traditions against the threatening background of the French revolution and the developing imperatives for education in general, and science education in particular.
Print Book, English, 2006
Ashgate Pub., Aldershot, 2006
Biographies
xv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780754638001, 0754638006
1121108772
Foreword; Cast of principal characters; Part 1 Joyce the Political Radical: Early life in Cheshunt; Apprentice painter of glass in Georgian London; Hackney College - radicalism and dissent; Metropolitan political agent; Political notoriety and the charge of treason; Release and reception; Part 2 Joyce the Unitarian Dissenter: Politics and education; Life and death 1795 - 1816; Joyce in the Unitarian world; Respectable sermons; Part 3 Joyce the Science Writer: Patronage, education and writing; A literary apprenticeship; Learning to present science: publishing with Joseph Johnson; Publishing with Sir Richard Phillips; Publishing with the house of Longmans; Publishing with Sherwood Neely and C.J. Barrington; Overview of Joyce's works; Conclusion; References; Notes by chapter; List of Joyce's published works; Index.