Format:
1 online resource (301 pages)
ISBN:
9780812207125
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Past Ages: History -- 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation -- 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings -- 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work -- 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery -- 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years' War -- 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior -- 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea -- 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812244052
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812244052
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3441841
