Women writers played a central, but hitherto under-recognised, role in the development of the philosophy of mind and its practical outworkings in Romantic era England, Scotland and Ireland. This book
America’s First Chaplain studies the family background, education, ministerial career, ideology, political activities, exile to England, and return to America of Jacob Duche, Anglican minister of Phil
A Quaker Goes to Spain is a multifaceted historical narrative. It recounts in detail a unique but virtually forgotten U.S. diplomatic initiative during The War of 1812, interwoven with a far more pers
Food for Apollo details the evolution and significance in Philadelphia of what is often called "classical" music. Performances in a variety of settings, from "long rooms" in taverns to large theatres
This study focuses on two critical figures in late eighteenth-century America—the physician Benjamin Rush and the journalist William Cobbett— as they clashed in one of the most important trials of pos
Pagodas in Play examines the representation of China in nine Italian operas of the eighteenth century. It focuses specifically on libretti, analyzing them as texts produced in a variety of interpenetr
During the eighteenth century, the three tribes of the Delaware Indians underwent dramatic transformation as they migrated westward across the Allegheny mountain to encounter new challenges and the cl
Faith and Slavery considers how in diverse places—the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa—the Presbyterian faith shaped men’s and women’s interpretations of and interact
During the long eighteenth century, Britain won and lost an empire in North America while consolidating its hegemony on the Indian subcontinent. The idea of imperial Britain became an essential piece
This study explores womenOs central involvement in the creation of an elite class in colonial Philadelphia. It shows how major mercantile families adopted an English model of class identity and adapte
