The watchful clothier : the life of an eighteenth-century Protestant capitalist / Matthew Kadane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kadane, Matthew.

Series:

Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ryder, John, 1695-1768.

Ryder, John.

Merchants--England--Leeds--Diaries.

Merchants.

Clothing trade--England--Leeds--History--18th century.

Clothing trade.

Leeds (England)--Commerce--History--18th century.

Leeds (England).

Leeds (England)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Leeds (England)--Social conditions--18th century.

Leeds (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death, two and a half million words later, in 1768. Recently rediscovered and brilliantly interpreted by historian Matthew Kadane, Ryder's diary provides an illuminating, real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. It also provides fascinating insights on the early modern family, the birth of industrialization, the history of Puritanism, the origins of Unitarianism, melancholy, and the making of the British middle class.

Contents:

Double-minded men

"My character & conduct"

"That single word watch"

"An active frame in courts below"

"The sparks that fly upward"

Mourning, melancholy, and money

The changing meaning of God and man

The making of a middle-class mind.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300188936

0300188935

9781283915328

1283915324

OCLC:

823710334