Moral visions and material ambitions : Philadelphia struggles to define the republic, 1776-1836 A. Kristen Foster

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, A. Kristen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--18th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Economic conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Businesspeople.

Social classes--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Social classes.

Political culture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Political culture.

Republicanism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.

Republicanism.

Physical Description:

205 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2004.

Contents:

The Revolutionary War and the development of republican ideologies in Philadelphia

Tension in the artisan shop: the deterioration of a most republican relationship

From journeymen to workingmen: Philadelphia forges an "iron chain of bondage"

All things in moderation: Philadelphia;s middling sort builds a hybrid republican culture and its own class identity

On the margins of republican citizenship: moderate beginnings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP credit line -- graphic, "A Sunday Morning View of the African Episcopal Church," (Bb 862 B756 #44).

ISBN:

0739107585 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

53284880