Wages of Independence Capitalism in the Early American Republic

, by Gilje, Paul A.; Boydston, Jeanne; Clark, Christopher; Egerton, Douglas R.; Matson, Cathy D.; Prude, Jonathan; Stott, Richard; Wood, Gordon S.

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ISBN: 9780945612520 | 0945612524
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1997

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In this collection of essays, social and economic historians consider the rise of capitalism in the early American republic and demonstrate the centrality of common men and women as artisans, laborers, planters, and farmers in the dramatic transitions of the period.

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Preface
The Rise of Capitalism in the Early Republic	p. 1
The Woman Who Wasn't There: Women's Market Labor and the Transition to Capitalism in the United States	p. 23
Markets Without a Market Revolution: Southern Planters and Capitalism	p. 49
Rural America and the Transition to Capitalism	p. 65
Capitalism, Industrialization, and the Factory in Post-revolutionary America	p. 81
Artisans and Capitalist Development	p. 101
Capitalizing Hope: Economic Thought and the Early National Economy	p. 117
The Enemy is Us: Democratic Capitalism in the Early Republic	p. 137
Contributors	p. 155
Index	p. 157
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Wages of Independence Capitalism in the Early American Republic

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