The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fea, John
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008.
Colección:Early American studies.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Fithian, Philip Vickers, > 1747-1776.
American diaries > History and criticism.
Enlightenment > United States.
Plantation life > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Presbyterians > New Jersey > Biography.
Tutors and tutoring > Virginia > Biography.
Diarists > Virginia > Biography.
United States > Intellectual life > 18th century.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Chaplains.
Virginia > Social life and customs > To 1775.
Electronic books.
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.

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