Thomas W. Cuddy

Revolutionary Economies

What Archaeology Reveals about the Birth of American Capitalism

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Produktbeschreibung

The roots of capitalism in America can be found in the archaeology and history of urban craftsmen and production in the Chesapeake regions of Annapolis and Alexandria.Revolutionary Economies examines archaeological sites in these early American cities in order to explore the country's economic history, charting the stages of production from household manufacturing to larger workshops to mechanized factories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780759111783
• ISBN-10: 0759111782
• Artikelnr.: 23911106

Autorenporträt

By Thomas W. Cuddy

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Annapolis and 99 Main Street Chapter 3.
Fire and the Grammar Bakery Chapter 4. Money and Markets - The Scots Model
Chapter 5. Alexandria and the Mechanization of Baking Chapter 6. Capitalism
in the Chesapeake Chapter 7 Appendix I. Emancipation in the United States,
by Samuel Janney (1844)