00805nam0-22002891i-450-99000160823040332120050201090235.0000160823FED01000160823(Aleph)000160823FED0100016082320030910d1913----km-y0itay50------baita<<I >>doveri sociali della proprieta fondiariaAugusto MortaraRomaLoescher191360 p.23 cmLegislazione agrariaDiritto agrario343.076Mortara,Augusto68354ITUNINARICAUNIMARCBK99000160823040332160 342 B 320769FAGBCFAGBCDoveri sociali della proprieta fondiaria368619UNINA05012nam 2200925Ia 450 991078751870332120211217002949.00-8122-0639-810.9783/9780812206395(CKB)2670000000418324(OCoLC)859161556(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748745(SSID)ssj0000967793(PQKBManifestationID)11565832(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000967793(PQKBWorkID)10977088(PQKB)11469722(MdBmJHUP)muse27776(DE-B1597)449724(OCoLC)1013946162(OCoLC)1029837340(OCoLC)1032693844(OCoLC)1037980215(OCoLC)1041979219(OCoLC)1046619372(OCoLC)1047029122(OCoLC)1049620715(OCoLC)1054880536(OCoLC)933291621(DE-B1597)9780812206395(Au-PeEL)EBL3442210(CaPaEBR)ebr10748745(CaONFJC)MIL682429(OCoLC)873028589(MiAaPQ)EBC3442210(EXLCZ)99267000000041832420130712d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe way of improvement leads home[electronic resource] Philip Vickers Fithian and the rural Enlightenment in early America /John FeaPhiladelphia [Pa.] University of Pennsylvania Pressc20081 online resource (278 p.)Early American StudiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51147-0 0-8122-2059-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index.Front matter --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 --AcknowledgmentsThe 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.Early American studies.American diariesHistory and criticismDiaristsVirginiaBiographyEnlightenmentUnited StatesPlantation lifeVirginiaHistory18th centuryPresbyteriansNew JerseyBiographyTutors and tutoringVirginiaBiographyUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783ChaplainsUnited StatesIntellectual life18th centuryVirginiaSocial life and customsTo 1775American History.American Studies.American diariesHistory and criticism.DiaristsEnlightenmentPlantation lifeHistoryPresbyteriansTutors and tutoring973.3/7BFea John1543213MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787518703321The way of improvement leads home3826987UNINA