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Author:   Almut Spalding ,  Paul S. Spalding
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 7.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.230kg
ISBN:  

9789004227828

ISBN 10:   9004227822
Pages:   1358
Publication Date:   27 August 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

VOLUME 1 Acknowledgements ... ix List of Illustrations and Charts ... xi List of Abbreviations ... xv Introduction ... 1 Hamburg-International Market and Metropolis ... 1 The Reimarus Family of Hamburg and Their Household ... 14 The Account Books Proper ... 28 The Present Edition of the Account Books ... 33 What Insights One Can Gain from the Account Books ... 38 Insights from the Account Books on Material Culture ... 38 Insights from the Account Books on Social Life ... 48 Insights from the Account Books on Intellectual Life ... 54 What the Accounts Do Not Contain ... 66 Charts ... 72 Members of the Reimarus Household ... 72 Family Trees ... 74 Transcription of the Account Books ... 81 Volume i (1728-1749) ... 81 Volume ii (1750-1758) ... 251 Volume iii (1759-1772) ... 392 Inserts to Volume iii ... 573 Volume iv (1773-1780) ... 582 Bibliography ... 663 VOLUME 2 Notes for Using the Index ... 705 Dates and Designations of Income vs. Expenditures ... 705 Names of Persons ... 705 Names of Places ... 706 Archaic German Terms ... 706 General Format and Abbreviations Used in Index Entries ... 706 Abbreviations Used for References in Notes ... 707 Index ... 709

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Almut Spalding, Ph.D. (2001, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), is Professor of Modern Languages at Illinois College. She has published Elise Reimarus (1735-1805): The Muse of Hamburg (Koenigshausen & Neumann, 2005) and many articles on the Reimarus family and Hamburg. Paul S. Spalding, Ph.D. (1981, University of Iowa), is Professor of Religion at Illinois College. He has published Seize the Book, Jail the Author (Purdue UP, 1998), Lafayette: Prisoner of State (University of South Carolina Press, 2010), and related articles.

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