Robertson, Allen B.
Description
The depiction of Wesleyan Methodists in nineteenth-century eastern British America as politically passive is seriously challenged in this analysis of
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Halifax’s merchant community. Wesleyan businessmen’s leadership wielded influence in education, economics, and politics. They remolded directives from the parent English Methodist Conference to suit colonial realities. The result was an attempt to balance evangelicalism and capitalist pursuits. In this study, collective biography reveals the inner workings of that dynamic second and third generation merchant network.
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Genres
Business & Economics
Politics & Social Issues
Tags
MERCHANTS
METHODIST CHURCH
HALIFAX (N.S.)
Reading Moods
Epic & Grand
Contributors
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Month-Year
Jul, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780820424842
ISBN-10: 0820424846
Language
English
No. of Pages
177
Format
Hardcover
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