The Way of Improvement Leads Home : : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America / / John Fea.
The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithia...
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Fea, John, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America / John Fea. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013] ©2008 1 online resource (280 p.) : 12 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Early American Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Cohansey Home -- Chapter 2. A Presbyterian Conversion -- Chapter 3. Ambition -- Chapter 4. Rural Enlightenment -- Chapter 5. A Virginia Sojourn -- Chapter 6. Revolution -- Chapter 7. The Call Of God -- Chapter 8. Duty -- Appendix. A Note On The Fithian Diaries -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithian longed for something more-to improve himself in a revolutionary world that was making upward mobility possible. While Fithian is best known for the diary that he wrote in 1773-74 while working as a tutor at Nomini Hall, the Virginia plantation of Robert Carter, this first full biography moves beyond his experience in the Old Dominion to examine his inner life, his experience in the early American backcountry, his love affair with Elizabeth Beatty, and his role as a Revolutionary War chaplain.From the villages of New Jersey, Fithian was able to participate indirectly in the eighteenth-century republic of letters-a transatlantic intellectual community sustained through sociability, print, and the pursuit of mutual improvement. The republic of letters was above all else a rational republic, with little tolerance for those unable to rid themselves of parochial passions. Participation required a commitment to self-improvement that demanded a belief in the Enlightenment values of human potential and social progress. Although Fithian was deeply committed to these values, he constantly struggled to reconcile his quest for a cosmopolitan life with his love of home. As John Fea argues, it was the people, the religious culture, and the very landscape of his "native sod" that continued to hold Fithian's affections and enabled him to live a life worthy of a man of letters. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) American Studies. HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). bisacsh American History. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History 9783110413496 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection 9783110413458 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812220599 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812206395 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812206395 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812206395/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Cohansey Home -- Chapter 2. A Presbyterian Conversion -- Chapter 3. Ambition -- Chapter 4. Rural Enlightenment -- Chapter 5. A Virginia Sojourn -- Chapter 6. Revolution -- Chapter 7. The Call Of God -- Chapter 8. Duty -- Appendix. A Note On The Fithian Diaries -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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