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050 4 _aBX7795.W7 P53 2012
082 0 _a289.6092
100 1 _aPlank, Geoffrey.
245 1 0 _aJohn Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom :
_bA Quaker in the British Empire.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aPhiladelphia :
_bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (301 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aEarly American Studies
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Past Ages: History -- 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation -- 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings -- 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work -- 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery -- 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years' War -- 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior -- 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea -- 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
520 _aDrawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aWoolman, John,--1720-1772.
650 0 _aQuakers--United States--Biography.
650 0 _aAbolitionists--United States--Biography.
650 0 _aSociety of Friends--United States--History--18th century.
650 0 _aAntislavery movements--United States--History--18th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aPlank, Geoffrey
_tJohn Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom
_dPhiladelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,c2012
_z9780812244052
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aEarly American Studies
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3441841
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