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The Rise and Fall of Organised Political Freethought, 1870-1880

Abstract

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This thesis charts the rise and fall of organised political freethought from 1870 to 1880, and in so doing seeks to revise the historiographies on radical movements during the era of Reconstruction. In particular, the thesis also seeks to detail the influence of some of the most radical thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment upon the political and intellectual life of postbellum America.

Degree

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Name dc:type.qualificationname
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
University of Cambridge
Year dc:date.issued
2021

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Trainor, Dermot Laurence
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Preston, Andrew

Subjects

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Rights

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Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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DOI dc:identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85740
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/338330

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Trainor, Dermot Laurence. The Rise and Fall of Organised Political Freethought, 1870-1880. Doctoral thesis, University of Cambridge, 2021. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.85740