Most studies of eighteenth-century community life in America have focused on New England, and in many respects the New England town has become a model for our understanding of communities throughout the United States during this period. In this study of a mid-Atlantic town, Stephanie Grauman Wolf describes a very different way of organizing society, indicating that the New England model may prove atypical. In addition, her analysis suggests the origins of twentieth-century social patterns in eighteenth-century life.
Germantown, Pennsylvania, was chosen for study because it was a...
Most studies of eighteenth-century community life in America have focused on New England, and in many respects the New England town has become a mo...
The revolutionary patriot known as Henry Free had come to America as the boy Henner Dellicker--his new life as different as his name and the childhood he left behind in Germany. He had traveled to colonial Philadelphia in a ship crowded with starving emigrants, only to discover that it was indentured servitude, not freedom, to which he sailed. Conrad Richter's 1943 novel, now restored to print, tells the rousing story of Free's journey, of his time in service, and of his struggle for freedom--his own, and that of the young nation of which he becomes a part. In the process of telling this...
The revolutionary patriot known as Henry Free had come to America as the boy Henner Dellicker--his new life as different as his name and the childhood...
Throughout the 18th century of enormous changes in America and challenges, no single description captured the majority of the new country's inhabitants, no one lifestyle embraced the typical American. Rich or poor, native or immigrant, slave or free, white or coloured, each individual determined the shape and opportunities of everyday life.
Throughout the 18th century of enormous changes in America and challenges, no single description captured the majority of the new country's inhabitant...
