The watchful clothier
Subtitle: the life of an eighteenth-century Protestant capitalist
By: Matthew Kadane
Series: The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780300169614
Subjects: Commerce; Merchants; Diaries; Social life and customs; Clothing trade; Economic conditions; Social conditions; History
Description: "A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death, two and a half million words later, in 1768. Recently rediscovered and brilliantly interpreted by historian Matthew Kadane, Ryder{u2019}s diary provides an illuminating, real-life perspective on the relationship between capitalism and Protestantism at a time when Britain was rapidly changing from a traditional to a modern society. It also provides fascinating insights on the early modern family, the birth of industrialization, the history of Puritanism, the origins of Unitarianism, melancholy, and the making of the British middle class." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Double-minded men; title: "My character & conduct"; title: "That single word watch"; title: "An active frame in courts below"; title: "The sparks that fly upward"; title: Mourning, melancholy, and money; title: The changing meaning of God and man; title: The making of a middle-class mind.