TY  - BOOK
AU  - Opal,J.M.
TI  - Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England
T2  - Early American Studies
SN  - 9780812203455
AV  - F8.O63 -- B49 2008eb 
U1  - 974/.03 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Rural population-New England-18th century
KW  - Ambition-Social aspects-New England-History-18th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue: In Search of Ambition -- Introduction: Ambition and the American Founding -- 1 Finding Independence -- 2 Creating Commerce -- 3 Opening Households -- 4 Exciting Emulation -- 5 Seeking Livelihoods -- 6 Pursuing Distinction -- Epilogue: Worlds Gained and Lost -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
N2  - During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged. Beyond the Farm blends biography, social history, and cultural history to describe and explain that change
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ER  -