Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John Fiske

Fiske, John, 1842-1901Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John Fiske by John FiskeAuthor: Fiske, John, 1842-1901,Language: English, Class: QH: Science: Natural history, Release Date: Feb 20, 2019

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This document is an index page compiled by Project Gutenberg for the works of John Fiske—a catalog-type electronic resource, not the primary text of Fiske's own writings. Fiske was a 19th-century American thinker whose works span history, philosophy, and natural science, among other fields; this index gathers his available works by Project Gutenberg entry, offering readers retrieval clues. Its practical value lies in helping researchers quickly grasp the distribution of Fiske's works on Project Gutenberg and reducing blind searching; it can also serve as an auxiliary tool for organizing materials in the history of science and American intellectual history. Since it is only an index, it presents no arguments or textual details; it should be used as a bibliographic tool rather than a reader of thought.

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Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Author

Fiske, John (1842–1901) was a nineteenth-century American historian and writer of popular philosophy, with 19 works held in this collection. His historical writing focuses mainly on early American history and the founding era, including The Beginnings of New England, The Critical Period of American History, The War of Independence, and the two-volume Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. These works emphasize fluent narrative and the arrangement of historical sources, and are addressed to general readers rather than scholars alone. On philosophy and religion he wrote The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge and The Destiny of Man, Viewed in the Light of His Origin, attempting to discuss faith and the human condition in terms of the scientific knowledge of his day. He also produced civic-education works such as Civil Government in the United States. His clear, popular style gave his books wide circulation among late nineteenth-century American readers; because public information is limited, biographical details are not elaborated here.