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The Watchful Clothier : The Life of an Eighteenth-Century Protestant Capitalist /

A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death, two and a half million words later, in 1768. Recently rediscovered and brilliantly interpreted by historian Matthew Kadane, Ryder's diary provides an illuminating, real-life perspective on the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kadane, Matthew (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2013]
Colección:The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
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Sumario:A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death, two and a half million words later, in 1768. Recently rediscovered and brilliantly interpreted by historian Matthew Kadane, Ryder's diary provides an illuminating, real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. It also provides fascinating insights on the early modern family, the birth of industrialization, the history of Puritanism, the origins of Unitarianism, melancholy, and the making of the British middle class.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 p.) : 15 b-w illus.
ISBN:9780300188936
9783110537994
Acceso:restricted access