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Review Of: Friends Of The Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians And Market Capitalism, 1815-1860, Joseph A. Conforti
Review Of: Friends Of The Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians And Market Capitalism, 1815-1860, Joseph A. Conforti
American and New England Studies [Discontinued]
The article reviews the book "Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians and Market Capitalism, 1815-1860," by Stewart Davenport.
Spaces Of Encounter: The Cultural Labor Of Class Difference, Ardis Cameron
Spaces Of Encounter: The Cultural Labor Of Class Difference, Ardis Cameron
American and New England Studies [Discontinued]
This article explores the complicated relationship between narratives of working-class America and formations of national Otherness. Arguing that class, sex, and ethnicity are deeply relational, it seeks to map the symbolic terrain and emotional depth of class difference as it circulates in the American imaginary. It ask how we might think about the cultural poetics of class difference in ways that make a difference-in ways that register class narratives as participants in constructions of the Nation and the "normal," the irregular and the queer? Attending to the kinds of emotional and conceptual services stories of class perform, it locates "class" …
Review Of: Forests In Time: The Environmental Consequences Of 1,000 Years Of Change In New England, Review Of: Sightseeking: Clues To The Landscape History Of New England, Kent C. Ryden
American and New England Studies [Discontinued]
The article reviews the books "Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 Years of Change in New England," edited by David R. Foster and John D. Aber and "Sightseeing: Clues to the Landscape History of New England," Christopher J. Lenney.
On The Subject Of Nativeness: Marsden Hartley And The New England Regionalism, Donna M. Cassidy
On The Subject Of Nativeness: Marsden Hartley And The New England Regionalism, Donna M. Cassidy
American and New England Studies [Discontinued]
During the depression, Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) redefined his European style of painting to reflect the changing tastes of an American society grown increasingly nativist and isolationist. Americans were searching for a unique style that contrasted with that of Hartley's benefactor and avant-gardist, Alfred Stieglitz. Inspired by the painting of Albert Ryder, Hartley developed a New England regional style in harmony with the regionalist movement. His subjects included the rocky Maine coast, the Mount Katahdin wilderness, and stylized portraits of local folk. His art reflected the tastes of a growing tourist and consumer society.
David Brainerd And The Nineteenth Century Missionary Movement, Joseph A. Conforti
David Brainerd And The Nineteenth Century Missionary Movement, Joseph A. Conforti
American and New England Studies [Discontinued]
Despite a tragically short life marked by illness, personal loss, and repeated disappointment, the Connecticut evangelical minister David Brainerd became a revered figure among early 19th-century evangelical missionaries. Thanks to Jonathan Edwards's extremely popular and highly romanticized 'Life of Brainerd' (1748), Brainerd's meager missionary achievements took on heroic proportions. Missionary groups looking for a new role model found inspiration in Brainerd's work among Eastern Indian tribes and discovered the revivalist-pietist impact of the First Great Awakening. An outgrowth of Brainerd's popular appeal was the emphasis Edwards placed on disinterested benevolence and regeneration. Although disinterested benevolence fired missionary zeal, it could …