A Beginning of Collegiate Education West of the Appalachians, 1795-1833: The Achievement of Dr. Charles Coffin of Greeneville College and East Tennessee College
James Patrick
Description
This book chronicles the life and work of Charles Coffin, who, in the transitional period between 18th century Enlightenment rationalism and 19th romanticism, set out in hopes of transplanting the New England culture he grew up with to the southwestern frontier and labored to establish a Harvard-like college in Greeneville in East Tennessee. The educational theory of this institution, as is implied in surviving evidence, assumes that the purpose of collegiate learning was the fostering of a class of gentlemen who would form a leadership for their communities by practicing their professions and occupying positions of political influence. Charting Coffin’s successes and trials at Greeneville, his presidency at the East Tennessee College in Knoxville, his later return to Greeneville and the merging of his college with another competing institution, this study illustrates the life of a man who sought to establish Atlantic seaboard culture and a classical collegiate curriculum in the American frontier.
Reviews
“The State of Tennessee was but four years old when he arrived in the hamlet of Greeneville in 1800. Like his Puritan forebears, Charles Coffin was on ‘an errand into the wilderness’ to bring Christianity and education to the men and women on the expanding frontier. Thanks to Dr. James Patrick’s years of labor and prodigious research, at last we have a book-length biography of this extraordinary preacher, teacher, and college president.” – (from the Foreword) Professor William Bruce Wheeler, University of Tennessee
About James Patrick
Dr. James Patrick is the Chancellor of the College Saint Thomas More in Fort Worth, Texas.
ISBN10: 0-7734-5447-0 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5447-7 Pages: 416 Year: 2007
USA List Price: $129.95 UK List Price: £ 79.95A Just Defense of the Natural Freedom of Slaves: All Slaves Should be Free (1682) by Epifanio de Moirans: A Critical Edition and Translation of Servi Liberi Seu Naturalis Mancipiorum Libertatis Iusta Defensio by Epifanio de Moirans
Edward R. Sunshine, editor and translator
Description
Awarded the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship
This book offers a critical Latin text with English, facing-page translation of Epifanio de Moirans’s Servi Liberi seu Naturalis Mancipiorum Libertatis Iusta Defensio. The events described in Servi Liberi occurred in Havana, Cuba toward the end of 1681 and the beginning of 1682. It was then that the author, de Moirans, a Frenchman from Burgundy, along with Francisco José de Jaca, a Spaniard from Aragon and fellow Capuchin, did what was most impossible and subversive at the time: he condemned the very institution of slavery. The only extant copy of Servi Liberi is in Seville’s Archivo General de Indias, which, though formerly a stock exchange, became the official depository for Spanish colonial documents over two hundred years ago. Servi Liberi has survived because of the Archive; had it perished, we would have no knowledge of these events, no awareness of these campaigns, and no idea of how two Capuchins struggled with all the established political, economic, and religious interests of their time to change the widespread and destructive practice of slavery.
Reviews
“. . . the reading of this text is not only an enriching exploration of the past, but also a conscientization in the present: if Christians in the past conveniently rationalized the existence of slavery for their own advantage, Christians in the present may be equally tempted to rationalize the most immoral behavior in the name of scientific advancement, cultural superiority, economic prosperity, political convenience, social status, etc. But is this not the same type of human arrogance that in a former era condoned slavery? In response to such a basic question, this book should make its mark not only as a scholarly monograph, but also as an examination of conscience.” – (from the Preface) Professor John T. Ford, C.S.C., Catholic University of America
“Dr. Edward Sunshine has made a unique and very significant contribution to knowledge and scholarship in this book. Epifanio de Moirans, in 1682 in Havana, wrote a treatise against slavery strongly supporting the emancipation of slaves, refuting the arguments of other theologians who defended slavery, and even calling for restitution to the slaves for the injustice and the loss they suffered. Working with the only extant copy of Moiran’s manuscript, Dr. Sunshine has given us a critical Latin text and a fluent English translation.” – Dr. Charles E. Curran, Elizabeth Scurlock University Chair of Human Values, Southern Methodist University
About Epifanio de Moirans
Dr. Edward R. Sunshine received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and is currently Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Philosophy at Barry University. He teaches and writes in various areas of Christian Ethics, including sexual and social morality, marriage and family, and Catholic social teaching.
About Edward R. Sunshine
Dr. Edward R. Sunshine received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, and is currently Associate Professor of Theology in the Department of Theology and Philosophy at Barry University. He teaches and writes in various areas of Christian Ethics, including sexual and social morality, marriage and family, and Catholic social teaching.
ISBN10: 0-7734-5504-3 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5504-7 Pages: 532 Year: 2007
USA List Price: $139.95 UK List Price: £ 84.95The New-York Magazine, Or Literary Repository (1790-1797): A Record of the Contents with Notes on Authors and Sources Vol. 1
Edited and compiled by Edward William Pitcher
Description
The three volumes that make up this work are the records of the contents of The New-York Magazine from the years 1790 to 1797. This study contributes to ordering the data and easing the ongoing work of assessing the worth of this magazine. Its intention is to make further examination of The New-York Magazine easier and to parade facts useful to students of the history of magazines or of popular culture.
Reviews
“ ... it is expected that the data gathered [in this work] will birth new facts, add to knowledge, and improve understanding [of The New-York Magazine]. ...” – From the Introduction
About Edward Pitcher
Dr. Edward W. R. Pitcher is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, and the Editor of The Edwin Mellen Press’ reference series “Studies in British and American Magazines.”
ISBN10: 0-7734-5605-8 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5605-1 Pages: 344 Year: 2006
USA List Price: $119.95 UK List Price: £ 74.95
The New-York Magazine, Or Literary Repository (1790-1797): A Record of the Contents with Notes on Authors and Sources Vol. 2
by Pitcher, Edward W.
Year: 2006 ISBN10: 0-7734-5603-1 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5603-7
The New-York Magazine, Or Literary Repository (1790-1797): A Record of the Contents with Notes on Authors and Sources Vol. 3 by Pitcher, Edward W.
Year: 2006 ISBN10: 0-7734-5607-4 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5607-5The Evolution of a Quaker Community: Middletown Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1750-1850
Martha Paxson Grundy
Description
There is a deep and troublesome dilemma facing believers in a variety of minority religions and sects: how to resolve the demands of their faith and yet participate in the larger community. In Biblical language, the question is how to be in the world but not of it. The Religious Society of Friends in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Pennsylvania was one such religious group. This book explores the dilemma by means of a micro-study of one congregation (monthly meeting) and the seventeen surname families that were part of that meeting for one hundred years. The individuals in those families inevitably faced choices and made decisions between the requirements of their faith and the demands and opportunities of the dominant culture.
Between 1750 and 1850, the period studied here, a number of major events took place that tested Friends. These include, among others, the Revolutionary War, economic growth and depression, the evangelical revival movement, Jacksonian democracy with its accompanying political and social changes, the treatment of Native Americans, and reform movements ranging from abolition to temperance. There were also major movements within the Religious Society of Friends: a reform impulse that included antislavery, and a major division or separation in 1827. The Religious Society was both a stable and a dynamic force as it and its individual members sought to chart their course through the buffeting, challenges, and opportunities posed by the larger society and within their own group.
The in-depth analysis over time of individuals within the matrix of their family and faith community provides insight not usually gained from aggregate data. For example, family patterns are seen to have a much larger influence than most studies indicate. This is, of course, consonant with our own personal experience.
There are chapters that deal with a series of major and less obvious issues between 1750 and 1850. A reader interested in a more nuanced exploration of them would benefit from the insights of this book. Issues include the mid-seventeenth century reform movement within the Religious Society of Friends, including antislavery. There is an interesting examination of the Revolutionary War and Friends’ peace testimony as played out among the individuals who were simultaneously impacted by the reform movement. The book explores the way Friends, individually and corporately, dealt with the triumph of market capitalism.
Reviews
“In this work, Dr. Martha Paxson Grundy gives us an unparalleled glimpse into the evolution of a Quaker community. For a generation now, community studies have been a staple of American historiography, testing broad theories about economic change or political conflict or gender roles through intensive, focused study of a particular locale. Such studies have revolutionized our understanding of colonial America, the western frontier, and the dynamics of slave communities, to name but a few examples ... This work raises questions that are of interest to scholars both of Quakerism and of broader American history. It does so with careful attention to detail, made possible by a wealth of documentation, and with an eye for larger questions of interpretation ...” – (from the Preface) Professor Thomas D. Hamm, Earlham College
“ ... Dr. Grundy’s use of the concept of faith development using M. Scott Peck’s four stages gives a new tool for viewing Friends’ actions. In particular, it is very helpful to view the different approaches to the 18th century reform movement through this lens. Her technique of following one well-identified set of families over time humanizes theory and gives a reality check on what we can and cannot say for sure about the causes of change ...” – Dr. Margery Post Abbott, Independent Scholar
“ ... What Dr. Grundy has done with her detailed and nuanced analysis of a single Quaker community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is show the interplay between religion and broader social forces, and how Quakers variously responded to the stress of political change, war, religious controversy and reform movements, particularly anti-slavery, in the century between 1750 and 1850 ... This study has major implications for Quaker history. The analysis of Quaker reactions to internal reformation in the 1750s draws on and tests the ideas of earlier works by Jack Marietta, J. William Frost and Jean Soderlund ...” – Christopher Densmore, Curator, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
About Martha Paxson Grundy
Dr. Martha Paxson Grundy, an independent scholar, completed her Ph.D. in American History at Case Western Reserve University. Her published writing includes an edited and annotated version of David Ferris’ memoirs, two monographs, contributions to 9 edited collections, 28 articles, and over 40 book reviews.
ISBN10: 0-7734-5568-X ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5568-9 Pages: 376 Year: 2006
USA List Price: $119.95 UK List Price: £ 74.95Sidekicks in American Literature
Ann
M. Cameron
"What is the role of the companion in American literature?
Cameron examines novels from the 18th and 19th centuries in which sidekicks
transform
into mentors and even into demonic characters bent on harm. She considers the
various functions the sidekick fulfills and observes
that the development of the sidekick figure roughly parallels concerns with
the nature of authority during the American Revolution and the Civil War." (From
Extracts," Research & Creative Activity, Volume 25 Number 2,
Spring 2003 Indiana University)
About the author: Ann M. Cameron is an Associate Professor of English at Indiana University, Kokomo, where she teaches American literature, children’s and young adult literature, linguistics, and composition. Cameron earned her undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University, and her PhD in American literature from Purdue University.
ISBN: 0-7734-7056-5 Pages: 200 Year: 2002
Series: Studies in American Literature Number: 55
USA List Price: $99.95 UK List Price: £ 64.95
A Concordance to the Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet. Two Volumes
Raymond Craig
Description
After 350 years, the poetry and prose of America’s first poet is now accessible
to students and scholars by concordance. Using McElrath and Robb’s The
Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet as the base text for The Tenth Muse (1650),
this concordance also incorporates all variant lines and words that appear in
the 1678 ‘Several Poems’. In addition, every key word is indexed to
Jeannine Hensley’s The Works of Anne Bradstreet, the most popular classroom
edition of the poems. Key words and contexts retain the original spelling of
the first edition, but all words are cross-referenced to variant and modern
spellings – one of many features that make this volume a necessary companion
to any edition of Bradstreet’s work. A publication of Studies in Puritan
American Spirituality In two volumes.
About Raymond Craig
About the author: Raymond Craig, associate professor English at Kent State University,
teaches early American literature and culture, American poetry, and computer-assisted
research in the humanities in Kent’s doctoral program in Literature, Cultural
Theory and Social Practice. He has published on Bradstreet, John Cotton, and
Edward Taylor, and compiled The Concordance to Edward Taylor’s Minor Poetry
(Mellen, 1992). He is working on a book-length project on early American poetics.
ISBN: 0-7734-7812-4
Pages: 636 Year: 2000
USA List Price: $149.95 UK List Price: £ 89.95
of Studies in Puritan American Spirituality (vol. 7)
April 25, 2007