Moral Visions and Material Ambitions - Philadelphia Struggles to Define the Republic, 1776-1836

Informationen zum Autor By Kristen A. Foster Klappentext This study explores the ways Philadelphians used the Revolution and its powerful language of liberty and equality to impose meaning on their lives, as an expanding market irreversibly changed social and economic relationships in their city, and eventually the rest of the country. Zusammenfassung This study explores the ways Philadelphians used the Revolution and its powerful language of liberty and equality to impose meaning on their lives! as an expanding market irreversibly changed social and economic relationships in their city! and eventually the rest of the country. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Revolutionary War and the Development of Republican Ideologies in Philadelphia Chapter 2 Tension in the Artisan Shop: The Deterioration of a Most Republican Relationship Chapter 3 From Journeymen to Workingmen: Philadelphia Forges an "Iron Chain of Bondage" Chapter 4 All Things in Moderation: Philadelphia's Middling Sort Builds a Hybrid Republican Culture and Its Own Class Identity Chapter 5 On the Margins of Republican Citizenship: Moderate Beginnings

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• Authors: A. Kristen Foster, Kristen A Foster, Kristen A. Foster, Foster Kristen A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2004
• EAN: 9780739107584
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0758-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Pennsylvania, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History of the Americas, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects