Wages of Independence: Capitalism in the Early American Republic
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Wages of Independence: Capitalism in the Early American Republic
By (Author) Paul A. Gilje
Contributions by Jeanne Boydston
Contributions by Christopher Clark
Contributions by Douglas R. Egerton
Contributions by Cathy D. Matson
Contributions by Jonathan Prude
Contributions by Richard Stott
Contributions by Gordon S. Wood
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
1st June 1997
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
330.973
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 141mm, Height 218mm, Spine 13mm
231g
Description
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.
Reviews
A useful survey, a valuable synthesis, a set of provocative arguments about work, and a fresh debate over models of American economic developmenteven the most demanding reader could not ask for more. -- James A. Henretta * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Author Bio
Paul A. Gilje is Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He is the author of The Road to Mobocracy: Popular Disorder in New York City, 1763-1834 and Rioting in America.
