Arduous and Delicate Task: Princess Dashkova, the Academy of Sciences, and the Taming of Natural Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of contents V
3. Foreword VII
4. Acknowledgments IX
5. Introduction: A Meeting of Minds XV
6. Thematic Essays
7. Arduous and Delicate Task: Princess Dashkova, the Academy of Sciences, and the Taming of Natural Philosophy 3
8. Liberty Postponed: Princess Dashkova and the Defense of Serfdom 23
9. Virtue Must Advertise: Self-Presentation in Princess Dashkova's Memoirs 39
10. A Man Made to Measure: Benjamin Franklin, American Philosophe 57
11. Documentary Essays
12. Books Make the Woman: Princess Dashkova's Moscow Library 71
13. A Tumultuous Life: Princess Dashkova and Her Relationships with Others 79
14. "A Red Hot English Woman": Princess Dashkova's Love Affair with Britain 89
15. Portraits of Princess Dashkova 97
16. Author Biographies 105
17. Checklist of the Exhibition 107
18. Selected Dashkova Bibliography 121
19. Index 125