The watchful clothier : the life of an eighteenth-century Protestant capitalist /

Kadane, Matthew.

The watchful clothier : the life of an eighteenth-century Protestant capitalist / Matthew Kadane. - New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 302 pages) : illustrations - The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history . - Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Double-minded men -- "My character & conduct" -- "That single word watch" -- "An active frame in courts below" -- "The sparks that fly upward" -- Mourning, melancholy, and money -- The changing meaning of God and man -- The making of a middle-class mind.

A clothier and a deeply religious man, Joseph Ryder faithfully kept a diary from 1733 until his death, 2.5 million words later, in 1768. Recently rediscovered and interpreted by the author of this book, Ryder's diary provides a 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 insights into the early modern family, the birth of industrialisation, the history of Puritanism, the origins of Unitarianism, melancholy, and the making of the British middle class.

9780300188936 (electronic bk.) 0300188935 (electronic bk.)

422782 MIL 22573/ctt2zx36n JSTOR


Ryder, John, 1695-1768.
Ryder, John, 1695-1768.


1700-1799


Merchants--England--Leeds--Diaries.
Clothing trade--History--England--Leeds--18th century.
Commerçants--Angleterre--Leeds (West Yorkshire)--Journaux intimes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
Clothing trade.
Commerce.
Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Merchants.
Social conditions.


Leeds (England)--Commerce--History--18th century.
Leeds (England)--Economic conditions--18th century.
Leeds (England)--Social conditions--18th century.
Leeds (England)--Social life and customs--18th century.
England--Leeds.


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Diaries.
History.
Biographies.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Journaux intimes.

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