Umfang:
Online-Ressource (viii, 401 p)
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ill
ISBN:
1283896508
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9781283896504
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9780812207248
Serie:
Early American studies
Inhalt:
Friends and Strangers offers a provocative new look at the transfer of English culture to North America. Setting Pennsylvania in the context of the broader Atlantic phenomenon of creolization, Smolenski's account of the Quaker colony's origins reveals the vital role this process played in creating early American society.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Origins of Quaker Pennsylvania -- Part I: Beginnings -- Chapter 1. Quakerism's English Roots -- Part II: Disorder -- Chapter 2. William Penn Settles His Colony: The Problem of Legitimacy in Early Pennsylvania -- Chapter 3. Words and Things: Contesting Civic Identity in Early Pennsylvania -- Chapter 4. ''Bastard Quakers'' in America: The Keithian Schism and the Creation of Creole Quakerism in Early Pennsylvania -- Chapter 5. Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, I: Life on the Colonial Borderlands -- Part III: Triumph -- Chapter 6. Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, II: The Founding of Pennsylvania -- Chapter 7. The Parables of Pennsylvania Politics: The Power of Quaker Mythology -- Conclusion: Caleb Pusey, Miller Philosopher and Man of Letters -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction: The Origins of Quaker Pennsylvania ""; ""Part I: Beginnings ""; ""Chapter 1. Quakerism's English Roots ""; ""Part II: Disorder ""
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""Chapter 2. William Penn Settles His Colony: The Problem of Legitimacy in Early Pennsylvania """"Chapter 3. Words and Things: Contesting Civic Identity in Early Pennsylvania ""
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""Chapter 4. ''Bastard Quakers'' in America: The Keithian Schism and the Creation of Creole Quakerism in Early Pennsylvania """"Chapter 5. Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, I: Life on the Colonial Borderlands ""; ""Part III: Triumph ""
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""Chapter 6. Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, II: The Founding of Pennsylvania """"Chapter 7. The Parables of Pennsylvania Politics: The Power of Quaker Mythology ""; ""Conclusion: Caleb Pusey, Miller Philosopher and Man of Letters ""; ""List of Abbreviations ""; ""Notes ""; ""Index ""
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""Acknowledgments ""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1283896354
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812222036
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Friends and Strangers : The Making of a Creole Culture in Colonial Pennsylvania
Sprache:
Englisch
