John Woolman´s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire
Geoffrey Plank
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Hardback. Drawing 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. Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HRCC97. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 598.
The abolitionist John Woolman (1720-72) has been described as a "Quaker saint," an isolated mystic, singular even among a singular people. But as historian Geoffrey Plank recounts, this tailor, hog producer, shopkeeper, schoolteacher, and prominent Quaker minister was very much enmeshed in his local community in colonial New Jersey and was alert as well to events throughout the British Empire. Responding to the situation as he saw it, Woolman developed a comprehensive critique of his fellow Quakers and of the imperial economy, became one of the most emphatic opponents of slaveholding, and helped develop a new form of protest by ... Read more
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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Early American Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812244052
SKU
V9780812244052
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99-15
About Geoffrey Plank
Geoffrey Plank is Professor in the School of American Studies, University of East Anglia. He is author of An Unsettled Conquest: The British Campaign Against the Peoples of Acadia and Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire, both also available from University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reviews for John Woolman´s Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire
"Plank's approach allows us to understand the extent to which John Woolman was both a man of his time and a discerning prophet."
The Journal of American History
"This splendid study is perhaps the best attempt to date to explain Woolman. . . .Highly Recommended."
Choice
"A carefully researched and quietly brilliant work that provides a ... Read more
The Journal of American History
"This splendid study is perhaps the best attempt to date to explain Woolman. . . .Highly Recommended."
Choice
"A carefully researched and quietly brilliant work that provides a ... Read more