Title Beyond the farm : national ambitions in rural New England / J.M. Opal

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations Series Early American studies Early American studies. Contents Finding independence -- Creating commerce -- Opening households -- Exciting emulation -- Seeking livelihoods -- Pursuing distinction -- Epilogue: Worlds gained and lost Summary During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged. Beyond the Farm blends biography, social history, and cultural history to describe and explain that change Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-255) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Rural population -- New England -- 18th century Ambition -- Social aspects -- New England -- History -- 18th century Ambition -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century National characteristics, American -- History -- 18th century HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) National characteristics, American Rural conditions Rural population Social conditions SUBJECT New England -- History -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091271 New England -- Social conditions -- 18th century New England -- Rural conditions -- 18th century Subject New England United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007038308 ISBN 9780812203455 0812203453

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