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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456502703321

Autore

Baker Jennifer J. <1968->

Titolo

Securing the commonwealth [[electronic resource] ] : debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America / / Jennifer J. Baker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8018-9715-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/3553

Soggetti

American literature - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - History and criticism

Politics and literature - United States - History - 18th century

Imperialism in literature

Economics in literature

Colonies in literature

Electronic books.

United States Intellectual life 18th century

United States Intellectual life 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Crisis and faith in the Puritan Society -- Making much of nothing in the Chesapeake -- Benjamin Franklin's projections -- Performing redemption on the national stage -- Arthur Mervyn and the reader's investments -- The medium between calculation and feeling.