Colonial Craftsman (eBook)

Carl Bridenbaugh (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
240 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14473-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Excellent study examines lives and work of American cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, blacksmiths, and many other artisans, before 1775. "A fascinating study." — The New Yorker. 18 illustrations.

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"e;A fascinating study not only of the work of the 18th-century American artisan but of his place in pre-Revolutionary society."e; - The New YorkerIn colonial America, craftsmen comprised the largest segment of the population, after farmers. They were cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, engravers, blacksmiths, brass button-makers, shipwrights, hatters, shoemakers, and other artisans, and they manufactured the tools, clothing, household goods, and other essential products needed to sustain life and trade in the New World.In this superb study, a distinguished American historian examines the lives and work of American craftsmen in the years before the Revolution - the golden age of colonial craftsmanship - showing them at work, at play, at worship, at school, at home, competing in their trades, striving to get ahead, and playing a dynamic role as citizens in bringing about American independence.Natural resources, special crafts of the different colonies, and New World "e;marketing"e; of those crafts are closely studied. Students of American history, culture, and the arts and crafts will find this a richly rewarding study - authoritative, well-researched, and highly readable. It is further enhanced with carefully chosen illustrations from Diderot's Encyclopedie, the great 18th-century reference work on technology, whose detailed engravings accurately represent the crafts of the period.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.5.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 272 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 18th century artistry • American artisans • american crafts • american craftsmanship • blacksmiths • button makers • cabinetmakers • colonial craftsman • early american artistry • Early American History • Engravers • hatters • historical craftsmanship • Painters • prerevolutionary artistry • Printers • shipwrights • shoemakers • Silversmiths • urban craftsman • Woodwork
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14473-9 / 0486144739
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14473-3 / 9780486144733