A speaking aristocracy : transforming public discourse in eighteenth-century Connecticut

A speaking aristocracy : transforming public discourse in eighteenth-century Connecticut / Christopher Grasso.

Author/creator	Grasso, Christopher
Other author/creator	Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Description	viii, 511 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Discourse analysis--Social aspects --Connecticut --History --18th century. Rhetoric--Social aspects --Connecticut --History --18th century. Elite (Social sciences)--Connecticut --History --18th century. Intellectuals--Connecticut --History --18th century. Connecticut--Intellectual life --18th century.

Contents	The power of the public covenant -- Only a great awakening: Jonathan Edwards and the regulation of religious discourse -- Legalism and orthodoxy: Thomas Clap and the transformation of legal culture -- The experimental philosophy of farming: Jared Eliot and the cultivation of Connecticut -- Christian knowledge and revolutionary New England: the education of Ezra Stiles -- Print, poetry, and politics: John Trumbull and the transformation of the public sphere -- Reawakening the public mind: Timothy Dwight and the rhetoric of New England -- Political characters and public words.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98035945
ISBN	0807824712 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0807847720 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F97 .G73 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold