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
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Sumario: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 revolutionary world that was making upward mobility possible. Fithian is best known for the diary that he wrote in 1773-74 while working as a tutor at Nomini Hall, the Virginia plantation of Robert Carter, and his role as a Revolutionary War chaplain. From the villages of New Jersey, Fithian was able to participate indirectly in the eighteenth-century republic of letters- a transatlantic intellectual community. Participation required a commitment to self-improvement that demanded a belief in the Enlightenment values of human potential and social progress. He constantly struggled to reconcile this quest for a cosmopolitan life with his love of home. It was the people, the religious culture, and the very landscape of his "native sod" that continued to hold Fithian's affections.
Notas:Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (280 pages): ill., maps, digital file.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index.
ISBN:9780812206395
Acceso:Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.

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