Mr Wakefield and New Zealand as an Experiment in Post-Enlightenment Experimental Practice

Analyses the theories of Wakefield of NZ as a social experiment, an attempt to use reason to construct an enlightened civilisation. Sketches the principal features of the Enlightenment, especially the English and Scottish Enlightenments, and shows the extent to which Wakefield was a product of that intellectual moment, and developed his theory in response to some of its central ideas and problems. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.