02427nam 2200637Ia 450 991078117220332120200520144314.00-8018-9715-7(CKB)2550000000010804(OCoLC)647899698(CaPaEBR)ebrary10375796(SSID)ssj0000427882(PQKBManifestationID)11307563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427882(PQKBWorkID)10414046(PQKB)11738396(MdBmJHUP)muse2755(Au-PeEL)EBL3318542(CaPaEBR)ebr10375796(OCoLC)923194759(MiAaPQ)EBC3318542(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 centuryAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Politics and literatureHistoryImperialism in literature.Economics in literature.Colonies in literature.810.9/3553Baker Jennifer J.1968-1576100MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781172203321Securing the commonwealth3853584UNINA