E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Main Tobacco Colony
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5603-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Life in Early Maryland, 1650-1720
E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5603-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Setting out to describe the full spectrum of everyday life in early Maryland, this work integrates a range of economic, demographic, and anthropological approaches to the study of a colony in which tobacco was the staple crop.
Originally published in 1983.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv
INTRODUCTION, pg. 1
Chapter One. TOBACCO COLONY, pg. 9
Chapter Two. ADAPTATION UNDER FIRE, pg. 48
Chapter Three. SERVANTS AND SLAVES, SLAVES AND SERVANTS, pg. 97
Chapter Four. HOUSING IN EARLY MARYLAND, pg. 140
Chapter Five. THE POORER PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, pg. 167
Chapter Six. THE MIDDLING AND AFFLUENT PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, pg. 206
Chapter Seven. STANDARDS, STYLES, AND PRIORITIES, pg. 240
Appendix A. DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON WEALTH IN EARLY MARYLAND, pg. 267
Appendix B. MARYLAND CURRENCY AND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS, pg. 274
Appendix C. PROBATE RECORDS AS A SOURCE FOR HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION, pg. 282
Appendix D. GLOSSARY OF ROOM NAMES IN MARYLAND INVENTORIES, 1660-1719, pg. 293
BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 297
INDEX, pg. 311
