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Meeting House and Counting House
Frederick Barnes Tolles
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Description for Meeting House and Counting House
Paperback. Meeting House and Counting House: The Quaker Merchants of Colonial Philadelphia, 1682-1763 Num Pages: black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HRCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
The ""holy experiment"" of the Quakers involved political hegemony and economic wealth. Gradually the Quakers realized that they had become involved in the compromises fatal to the spiritual integrity of the Society of Friends itself. The political crisis of 1756 hastened this realization, and the Quaker merchants abandoned the outward plantations and turned again to the plantations within.
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The ""holy experiment"" of the Quakers involved political hegemony and economic wealth. Gradually the Quakers realized that they had become involved in the compromises fatal to the spiritual integrity of the Society of Friends itself. The political crisis of 1756 hastened this realization, and the Quaker merchants abandoned the outward plantations and turned again to the plantations within.
A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807868430
SKU
V9780807868430
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Ref
99-15
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