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