The Bible in iron : pictured stoves and stoveplates of the Pennsylvania Germans; notes on colonial firebacks in the United States, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace, and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the United States and Canada
Bound with: Old Home Week , Manheim, Pa. (1912) and History of Lancaster (1870)
Bibliography: p. 206-208.
Contents
Chapters : The decorated iron stoves of Europe /// The decorated iron stoves of colonial America /// Notes on colonial firebacks, date plates and miscellaneous stoves
Summary
Contains notes on colonial firebacks in the US, the ten-plate stove, Franklin's fireplace and the tile stoves of the Moravians in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, together with a list of colonial furnaces in the US and Canada.
Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.
Contents
Men in the middle : foresters and hunters in the early modern Palatinate -- Individual pursuits versus the common good : the constraints of village life in Waldhilsbach -- Contested identities : religious affiliation and diversity in the Palatinate -- Leaving home : the decision to emigrate -- Establishing professional and family connections : new beginnings in Pennsylvania -- Securing a legacy : Wistar's Pennsylvania land speculation -- Webs of influence : transatlantic trade and patronage -- Creative adaptations : the United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey.
Summary
"Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era"--Provided by publisher.
