02461nam 2200649Ia 450 991045650270332120200520144314.00-8018-9715-7(CKB)2550000000010804(OCoLC)647899698(CaPaEBR)ebrary10375796(SSID)ssj0000427882(PQKBManifestationID)11307563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427882(PQKBWorkID)10414046(PQKB)11738396(MiAaPQ)EBC3318542(MdBmJHUP)muse2755(Au-PeEL)EBL3318542(CaPaEBR)ebr10375796(OCoLC)923194759(EXLCZ)99255000000001080420050111d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSecuring the commonwealth[electronic resource] debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America /Jennifer J. BakerBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20051 online resource (231 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8969-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index.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.American literatureColonial period, ca. 1600-1775History and criticismPolitics and literatureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryImperialism in literatureEconomics in literatureColonies in literatureUnited StatesIntellectual life18th centuryUnited StatesIntellectual life17th centuryElectronic books.American literatureHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryImperialism in literature.Economics in literature.Colonies in literature.810.9/3553Baker Jennifer J.1968-1052347MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456502703321Securing the commonwealth2483540UNINA