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050		4	_aF229.F56 _bF43 2008
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100	1		_aFea, John.
245	1	4	_aThe way of improvement leads home _h[electronic resource] : _bPhilip Vickers Fithian and the rural Enlightenment in early America / _cJohn Fea.
260			_aPhiladelphia [Pa.] : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _cc2008. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject Muse, _g2013) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (269 p.) :) _bill., maps, digital file.
490	1		_aEarly American studies
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- 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.
520	3		_aThe 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aFithian, Philip Vickers, _d1747-1776.
650		0	_aAmerican diaries _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEnlightenment _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPlantation life _zVirginia _xHistory _y18th century.
650		0	_aPresbyterians _zNew Jersey _vBiography.
650		0	_aTutors and tutoring _zVirginia _vBiography.
650		0	_aDiarists _zVirginia _vBiography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xIntellectual life _y18th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xChaplains.
651		0	_aVirginia _xSocial life and customs _yTo 1775.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z0812220595 _z9780812220599 _w(DLC) 2008006044
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780812206395/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32550 _d32550