Moral visions and material ambitions : Philadelphia struggles to define the republic, 1776-1836

Moral visions and material ambitions : Philadelphia struggles to define the republic, 1776-1836 / A. Kristen Foster.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Foster, A. Kristen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2004.
Subjects:	Businesspeople > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Social classes > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Political culture > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History. Republicanism > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 18th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Economic conditions. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
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Table of Contents:

The Revolutionary War and the development of republican ideologies in Philadelphia
Tension in the artisan shop: the deterioration of a most republican relationship
From journeymen to workingmen: Philadelphia forges an "iron chain of bondage"
All things in moderation: Philadelphia;s middling sort builds a hybrid republican culture and its own class identity
On the margins of republican citizenship: moderate beginnings.