Friends and strangers: Religion, diversity, and the ordering of public life in colonial Pennsylvania, 1681--1764
Drawing on this analysis, I argue that Pennsylvania's Friends created a distinctively creole and stable public culture that privileged Quaker legitimacy while being inclusive and tolerant. Friends' authority was based on their ability to make their techniques for performing self and commun...
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