This Sheba, Self: the conceptualization of economic life in eighteenth-century America
"This Sheba, self" expressed the American colonists' fear of their own behavior. Though in direct conflict with colonial social values. the chief motivation of social development was economic. In this revealing analysis of the colonists' collective attitude towards work, J.E. Crowley identifies the attitudes that contributed to the American work ethic, explains how these attitudes evolved, and determines within what limits economic activity was given meaning. At the core of these attitudes, …
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- Full title :This Sheba, Self: the conceptualization of economic life in eighteenth-century America / [by] J.E. Crowley.
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"This Sheba, self" expressed the American colonists' fear of their own behavior. Though in direct conflict with colonial social values. the chief motivation of social development was economic. In this revealing analysis of the colonists' collective attitude towards work, J.E. Crowley identifies the attitudes that contributed to the American work ethic, explains how these attitudes evolved, and determines within what limits economic activity was given meaning. At the core of these attitudes, he finds the colonists' view of the relationship between self and society. -- Publisher description.
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- Publication Date:1974
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- Publisher(s):Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication:Baltimore
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1974
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- Description:xi, 161 pages : 23 cm.
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- ISBN:0801815797, 9780801815799
- oclc:ocm00827877
- LC Classification:H31
- Dewey Decimal:301.5/5
Table of Contents
Prologue -- I, Social & Economic Attitudes Toward Work; II, The Legacy of the Calling; III, The Recognition of Commercial Life; IV, The Preservation of Community in a Market Economy; and V, The Nonimportation Movement & American Self-Awareness, followed by: Epilogue: Republicans are Economic Men.
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