Chapters: The liberal tradition -- The English jurisprudential tradition -- The literature of political economy and improvement -- The civic humanist tradition -- The literature of enlightenment -- The Scottish moral and historical tradition -- American voices
Summary
This publication shows the importance of "The Library Company" in Philadelphia and its books during the formation of the United States. The books were used by the men who gathered in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a constitution for the nation. The library held books of all political theories of the time,as well as books about law, history, etc. This book describes the various bodies of knowledge available there to the founders.
Germantown and the Germans : an exhibition of books, manuscripts, prints, and photographs from the collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, October 1983 to January 1984
"Thomas R. Winpenny examines the formative years of the factory system in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the impact of industrialization on the community.The study focuses on the establishment of the Conestoga Steam Mills in the late 1840's and the following three decades. Professor Winpenny maintains that this industrial revolution brought progress and economic benefits without social upheaval and labor strife...Lancaster was able to absorb the factory system without discord because of local circumstances such as the wealth of the countryside, the stability of the long-established town, and the ready supply of resident workers. In a narrower variation of Thomas C. Cochran's geo-cultural concept, Winpenny argues that the character of the industrialization experience is molded by local conditions and that problems often associated with industrial progress are rooted in the environment in which industrialization occurs." [from a review of the book by Robert M. Blackson, Kutztown State College]
