Tea Sets and Tyranny: The Politics of Politeness in Early America PDF
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23951 Tea Sets and Tyranny 23951 Early amErican STudiES Series editors: daniel K. richter, Kathleen m. Brown, max cavitch, and david Waldstreicher Exploring neglected aspects of our colonial, revolutionary, and early national history and culture, Early american Studies reinterprets familiar themes and events in fresh ways. interdisciplinary in character, and with a special emphasis on the period from about 1600 to 1850, the series is published in partnership with the mcneil center for Early american Studies. a complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. 23951 Tea Sets and Tyranny The Politics of Politeness in Early america Steven c. Bullock university of pennsylvania press philadelphia 23951 copyright © 2017 university of Pennsylvania Press all rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by university of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104– 4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the united States of america on acid- free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 library of congress cataloging- in- Publication data iSBn 978- 0- 8122- 4860- 9 23951 In memory of my mother, who loved books and loved me 23951 23951 Contents list of Figures ix introduction. Franklin’s Footnote 1 ParT i. aTTacKing auThoriTarianiSm chapter 1. The rages of Francis nicholson 19 chapter 2. The Treasons of Thomas nairne 50 ParT ii. lEarning To lEad chapter 3. The histories of the line 89 chapter 4. The affair of my Picture 127 ParT iii. challEnging convEnTionS chapter 5. a mumper among the gentle 163 chapter 6. The Princess and the Pinckneys 187 Epilogue. The dissolution of the Politics of Politeness 217 notes 231 index 277 acknowledgments 285 23951 23951 Figures 1. Benjamin Franklin, c. 1746 4 2. James Blair, 1705 20 3. original Building of the college of William and mary, 1705 22 4. Sarah harrison Blair, 1705 37 5. crisp map of South carolina, 1711 52 6. nairne’s map (from crisp map of South carolina, 1711) 55 7. Sir nathaniel Johnson, 1705 69 8. charles Town (from crisp map of South carolina, 1711) 75 9. William Byrd ii, c. mid- 1720s 92 10. Plat of north carolina land owned by William Byrd 101 11. north carolina Twenty Shilling note, 1722 121 12. Jonathan Belcher, 1734 128 13. Jonathan Belcher, Jr., 1756 146 14. Burnet family coat- of- arms from Boston map, 1728 (detail) 175 15. The Family of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1751 188 16. charles Pinckney, 1740 193 17. Silk dress owned by Eliza lucas Pinckney, 1750s 202 18. hampton Plantation, South carolina 206 19. gilbert Stuart’s portrait of george Washington, 1796 218
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