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Securing the commonwealth : debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America
- Title
- Securing the commonwealth : debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America / Jennifer J. Baker.
- Author
- Baker, Jennifer J., 1968-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
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Details
- Description
- x, 218 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Politics and literature > United States > History > 18th century
- Colonies in literature
- United States > Intellectual life > 18th century
- Economics in literature
- American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > History and criticism
- Imperialism in literature
- United States > Intellectual life > 17th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-1085
- ISBN
- 0801879728 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005000734
- OCLC
- 57434386
- Author
- Baker, Jennifer J., 1968-
- Title
- Securing the commonwealth : debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America / Jennifer J. Baker.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-1085