The Resource The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, John Fea
The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, John Fea
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- Summary
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian. 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. 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, 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. Participation required a commitment to self-improvement that demanded a belief in the Enlightenment values of human potential and social progress. He constantly struggled to reconcile this quest for a cosmopolitan life with his love of home. It was the people, the religious culture, and the very landscape of his "native sod" that continued to hold Fithian's affections
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (278 p.).
- Note
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Contents
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- Introduction
- A Cohansey Home
- A Presbyterian Conversion
- Ambition
- Rural Enlightenment
- A Virginia Sojourn
- Revolution
- The Call of God
- Duty
- Conclusion
- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries
- Isbn
- 9780812206395
- Label
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America
- Title
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home
- Title remainder
- Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America
- Statement of responsibility
- John Fea
- Subject
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- American diaries
- American diaries -- History and criticism
- Biographies
- Chaplains
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Diarists
- Diarists -- Virginia -- Biography
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment -- United States
- Fithian, Philip Vickers, 1747-1776
- History
- Intellectual life
- Manners and customs
- New Jersey
- Plantation life
- Plantation life -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century
- Presbyterians
- Presbyterians -- New Jersey -- Biography
- To 1799
- Tutors and tutoring
- Tutors and tutoring -- Virginia -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Chaplains
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Virginia
- Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian. 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. 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, 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. Participation required a commitment to self-improvement that demanded a belief in the Enlightenment values of human potential and social progress. He constantly struggled to reconcile this quest for a cosmopolitan life with his love of home. It was the people, the religious culture, and the very landscape of his "native sod" that continued to hold Fithian's affections
- Cataloging source
- VLY
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fea, John
- Dewey number
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- 973.3/7
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- F229.F56
- LC item number
- F43 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Early American studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- American diaries
- Enlightenment
- Plantation life
- Presbyterians
- Tutors and tutoring
- Diarists
- United States
- United States
- Virginia
- Fithian, Philip Vickers
- American diaries
- Chaplains
- Diarists
- Enlightenment
- Intellectual life
- Manners and customs
- Plantation life
- Presbyterians
- Tutors and tutoring
- New Jersey
- United States
- Virginia
- Label
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, John Fea
- Note
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- A Cohansey Home -- A Presbyterian Conversion -- Ambition -- Rural Enlightenment -- A Virginia Sojourn -- Revolution -- The Call of God -- Duty -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries
- Control code
- 1162072412
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (278 p.).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812206395
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162072412
- Label
- The Way of Improvement Leads Home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America, John Fea
- Note
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- A Cohansey Home -- A Presbyterian Conversion -- Ambition -- Rural Enlightenment -- A Virginia Sojourn -- Revolution -- The Call of God -- Duty -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries
- Control code
- 1162072412
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (278 p.).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780812206395
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1162072412
Subject
- American diaries
- American diaries -- History and criticism
- Biographies
- Chaplains
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Diarists
- Diarists -- Virginia -- Biography
- Enlightenment
- Enlightenment -- United States
- Fithian, Philip Vickers, 1747-1776
- History
- Intellectual life
- Manners and customs
- New Jersey
- Plantation life
- Plantation life -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century
- Presbyterians
- Presbyterians -- New Jersey -- Biography
- To 1799
- Tutors and tutoring
- Tutors and tutoring -- Virginia -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Chaplains
- United States -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
- Virginia
- Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
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