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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. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithian longed for something more- to improve himself in a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia [Pa.] :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Early American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- A Cohansey Home
- A Presbyterian Conversion
- Ambition
- Rural Enlightenment
- A Virginia Sojourn
- Revolution
- The Call of God
- Duty
- Conclusion
- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries.