Title: The watchful clothier
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.
Subjects: Commerce, Merchants, Diaries, Social life and customs, Clothing trade, Economic conditions, Social conditions, History, Clothing trade, great britain, Leeds (england), Great britain, commerce, Great britain, economic conditions, 18th century, Great britain, social conditions, Great britain, social life and customs, Great britain, history, 18th century, Economic history, Manners and customs
Places: England, Leeds, Leeds (England)
People: John Ryder (1695-1768)
Time periods: 18th century