Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2003
Abstract
Offers a look at the life of Philip Vickers Fithian, a diarist from southern New Jersey, in an effort to assess the influence of the Enlightenment in the British American colonies. Profile of Fithian; His perception on personal morality and behavior; Political and social issues tackled in his journal; Efforts to reconcile the pursuit of Enlightenment self-improvement with passion and love for home.
Recommended Citation
Fea, John, "The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philips Vickers Fithian’s Rural Enlightenment" (2003). History Educator Scholarship. 46.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/hist_ed/46
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Comments
Originally published as:
Fea, John. “The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philips Vickers Fithian’s Rural Enlightenment.” Journal of American History 90, no. 2 (September 2003): 462–90. doi:10.2307/3659441.