{"product_id":"ways-of-wisdom-jean-e-friedman-9780820322520","title":"Ways of Wisdom: Moral Education in the Early National Period","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWays of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Friedman traces how Jacob Mordecai and his family, German American Orthodox Jews, adopted the Anglo-Irish enlightened pedagogical system developed by Richard Lovell Edgeworth and his daughter Maria. In 1808 Mordecai founded the Warrenton Female Academy on the enlightened principles described in the Edgeworths' guide, \u003ci\u003ePractical Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and he enlisted family members to teach and manage the school. Rachel Mordecai, inspired by her father's progressive methods, initiated an Edgeworthian experiment in home education on her young stepsister, Eliza. Rachel's diary, reproduced in full in \u003ci\u003eWays of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e, chronicles the moral instruction of Eliza. While retaining the traditional didacticism of wisdom literature, the diary also describes Eliza's resistance to enlightened discipline and method. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFriedman's case study bears particular importance for scholars as it qualifies and enriches our understanding of the American Enlightenment as an amalgam of religious and ethnic assumptions rather than a universal acceptance of Liberalism or Republicanism. \u003ci\u003eWays of Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e also offers an illuminating reinterpretation of \"Republican Motherhood\" as a culturally diverse and politically complicated domestic paradigm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean E. Friedman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820322520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820322520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.41w x 0.97d","brand":"Jean E. Friedman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520299516159,"sku":"9780820322520","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e048a52-335a-44d8-a535-5a04ce3447f7.jpg?v=1762884757","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ways-of-wisdom-jean-e-friedman-9780820322520","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}