"The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920"
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of Phillip S. Benjamin's dissertation for Columbia University, entitled "The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920," and materials related to the manuscript, including an undated draft and Benjamin's notes for his dissertation, which are kept on notecards. Benjamin's dissertation describes and analyzes Quaker responses to the changing social conditions in the United States created by industrialization, urbanization, and the increasing homogenization and secularization of United States culture.
Dates
- Creation: 1976
Creator
- Benjamin, Phillip S. (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Phillip S. Benjamin received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1967. In addition to his dissertation, "The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920," he also published an article entitled "Gentleman Reformers in the Quaker City, 1870-1912" (1970) in Political Science Quarterly, an academic journal.
Extent
0.69 linear ft. (4 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Phillip S. Benjamin's dissertation, entitled "The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920," and materials related to the manuscript, including an undated draft and Benjamin's notes for his dissertation, which are kept on notecards, describe and analyze Quaker responses to the changing social conditions in the United States created by industrialization, urbanization, and the increasing homogenization and secularization of United States culture.
Acquisition
Unknown.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed September, 2015.
Subject
- Columbia University (Organization)
- Title
- "The Philadelphia Quakers in the Industrial Age: 1865-1920," 1967
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- September, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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