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A study of the clash of cultural elites in the early American republic. Historian Peter Field focuses on the issues of power, prestige, and self-interest that fueled the struggle between the Boston Brahmins and their orthodox rivals, the Congregational Standing Order--and laid the groundwork for New Englands remarkable literary flowering in the19th century.
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The Crisis of the Standing Order : Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 1780-1833
author
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Field, Peter S.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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1558491430
print isbn13
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9781558491434
ebook isbn13
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9780585320137
language
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English
subject
Massachusetts--Intellectual life--18th century, Massachusetts--Intellectual life--19th century, Elite (Social sciences)--Massachusetts--History--18th century, Elite (Social sciences)--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Congregational churches--Massachu
publication date
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1998
lcc
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F69.F48 1998eb
ddc
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305.5/2/097446109033
subject
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Massachusetts--Intellectual life--18th century, Massachusetts--Intellectual life--19th century, Elite (Social sciences)--Massachusetts--History--18th century, Elite (Social sciences)--Massachusetts--History--19th century, Congregational churches--Massachu
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The Crisis of the Standing Order
Clerical Intellectuals and Cultural Authority in Massachusetts, 17801833
Peter S. Field
Page iv
Copyright 1998 by The University of Massachusetts Press
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America
LC 98-10818 ISBN 1-55849-143-0
Designed by Steve Dyer Set in Adobe Minion by Graphic Composition, Inc Printed and bound by BookCrafters
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Field, Peter S., 1962 The crisis of the standing order : clerical intellectuals and cultural authority in Massachusetts, 17801833 / Peter S. Field p. cm. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 1-55849-143-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. MassachusettsIntellectual life18th century. 2. MassachusettsIntellectual life19th century 3. Elite (Social sciences)MassachusettsHistory18th century. 4. Elite(Social sciences)MassachusettsHistory19th century. 5. Congregational churchesMassachusettsClergyHistory 18th century. 6. Congregational churchesMassachusettsClergy History19th century. 7. Social conflictMassachusetts History18th century. 8. Social conflictMassachusetts History19th century. I. Title F69.F48 1998 305.5'2'097446109033dc21 98-10818 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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For Helen
Page vii
"Do you consider love the strongest emotion?" Leverkhn asked. "Do you know a stronger?" "Yes, interest." Dr. Faustus
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Contents
Preface
xi
Introduction
1
1. The Standing Order to 1780: An Overview
14
2. The Birth of the Brahmins
47
3. Toward a Secular High Culture
82
4. Harvard and the Brahmin Class
111
5. Orthodoxy in Massachusetts
141
6. Schism from Below: Parishioner, Communicant, and the Standing Order
180
7. Toward Disestablishment
208
Select Bibliography
237
Index
261
Page xi
Preface
Goethe once remarked rather modestly that "every one of my writings has been furnished to me by a thousand different persons." In writing my slender volume I too have profited from the council, critique, suggestions, and support of myriad persons. I trust they will discover something of themselves in the ensuing pages.
This project began over a decade ago when as a sophomore at Columbia University I was fortunate to enroll in James P. Shenton's year-long seminar on nineteenth-century American history. Out of that college course I gained two close friends. The first, Jim Shenton, remains an original. His catholic tastes, broad knowledge of history, intellectual generosity, and devotion to his students serve as a constant reminder of what it means to be a teacher. The consummate sage adviser, Jim read the manuscript at several stages, painstakingly edited many sections, and helped me steer it through the dissertation process. His support has been critical at every step.
Darren Staloff was a fellow student in that college class. Chess enthusiast, friend, coconspirator, and himself a historian, Darren uniquely combines a razor-sharp analytic mind with a furtive imagination. Far more than an academic, Darren is an intellectual in the best sense of the word. His sociohistorical musings about a "thinking class" were the genesis of my work. He has my great thanks for reading numerous versions of the manuscript and generously sharing his thoughts on early American history.
Two other graduate students played important roles in the development of my thinking. From Plato to pragmatism to pike fishing, Michael Sugrue and John Recchiuti have helped me hash and rehash my thoughts about far more than New England intellectuals. Generously taking time out from
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