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The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America /
The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithia...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Early American Studies
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. A Cohansey Home
- Chapter 2. A Presbyterian Conversion
- Chapter 3. Ambition
- Chapter 4. Rural Enlightenment
- Chapter 5. A Virginia Sojourn
- Chapter 6. Revolution
- Chapter 7. The Call Of God
- Chapter 8. Duty
- Appendix. A Note On The Fithian Diaries
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments