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The Watchful Clothier

Matthew Kadane • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978-0300188936

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The Watchful Clothier

Matthew Kadane • Yale University Press

ISBN-10: 0300188935 · ISBN-13: 978-0300188936

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Drawing from the extensive, two-and-a-half-million-word diary of Joseph Ryder, this study offers an intimate portrait of an 18th-century English clothier. Matthew Kadane meticulously analyzes Ryder’s private writings to explore the intersection of religious fervor, commercial ambition, and the daily material realities of the Georgian era, providing a rare window into the interior life of a provincial tradesman.

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Publisher: Yale University PressPages: 288

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Contributor: Matthew Kadane

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Category: 18th CenturyCategory: 18th-Century EnglandCategory: 18th Century HistoryCategory: BiographyCategory: British HistoryCategory: ClothiersCategory: DiariesCategory: Georgian EraCategory: Joseph Ryder

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