Introduction -- Case for the Enlightenment : George Washington's false teeth -- News in Paris : an early information society -- Unity of Europe : culture and politeness -- Pursuit of happiness : Voltaire and Jefferson -- Great divide : Rousseau on the route to Vincennes -- Craze for America : Condorcet and Brissot -- Pursuit of profit : Rousseauism on the Bourse -- Skeletons in the closet : how historians play god.