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Word in the Wilderness
Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania
Inbunden, 2020
1285 kr
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Once a vibrant part of religious life for many Pennsylvania Germans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Fraktur manuscripts today are primarily studied for their decorative qualities. The Word in the Wilderness takes a different view, probing these documents for what they tell us about the …
Word in the Wilderness
Popular Piety and the Manuscript Arts in Early Pennsylvania
Häftad, 2021
349 kr
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Once a vibrant part of religious life for many Pennsylvania Germans in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Fraktur manuscripts today are primarily studied for their decorative qualities. The Word in the Wilderness takes a different view, probing these documents for what they tell us about the …
Stephen Girard
Captain of American Enterprise and Philanthropy
Häftad, 2026
668 kr
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This book is the first systematic scholarly analysis of Stephen Girard’s views on race, gender, class, and enslavement, connecting the details of Girard’s life with litigation surrounding his estate and school.By the time Girard died, the merchant banker was one of the wealthiest men in the United …
Stephen Girard
Captain of American Enterprise and Philanthropy
Inbunden, 2026
2591 kr
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This book is the first systematic scholarly analysis of Stephen Girard’s views on race, gender, class, and enslavement, connecting the details of Girard’s life with litigation surrounding his estate and school.By the time Girard died, the merchant banker was one of the wealthiest men in the United …
Stephen Girard
Captain of American Enterprise and Philanthropy
E-bok, 2026
785 kr
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This book is the first systematic scholarly analysis of Stephen Girard's views on race, gender, class, and enslavement, connecting the details of Girard's life with litigation surrounding his estate and school.By the time Girard died, the merchant banker was one of the wealthiest men in the United …
Stephen Girard
Captain of American Enterprise and Philanthropy
E-bok, 2026
785 kr
Kommande
This book is the first systematic scholarly analysis of Stephen Girard's views on race, gender, class, and enslavement, connecting the details of Girard's life with litigation surrounding his estate and school.By the time Girard died, the merchant banker was one of the wealthiest men in the United …
Grolier Club Bookplates
Past and Present
Av Alexander Lawrence Ames, Mark Samuels Lasner
Inbunden, 2023
752 kr
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A lavishly illustrated volume showcasing some of the most important bookplates produced in America from the collection of the Grolier Club.A miniature work of art, a bookplate may be viewed as a metaphorical portrait of a collector or library, using the designer’s personal graphic style. It also …
Portrait of a Citizen
Stephen Girard, Mariner, Merchant, Banker, and Philanthropist of the Early American Republic
Inbunden, 2026
1112 kr
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The émigré merchant Stephen Girard of Philadelphia (1750–1831) embodied many of the values associated with the revolutionary American republic he chose to call home. After haphazardly arriving in Philadelphia in 1776, the Frenchman benefited mightily from the economic opportunities of his volatile …
