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Labor in a New Land: Economy and Society in Seventeenth-Century Springfield
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Labor in a New Land: Economy and Society in Seventeenth-Century Springfield
Contributors:
By (Author) Stephen Innes
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Labour / income economics
Social and cultural anthropology
Economic geography
Dewey:
330.974426
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
220
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
Stephen Innes studies the relationship between work, land, and community in seventeenth-century Springfield, Massachusetts. Using analytical concepts drawn from anthropology--dependence, mediation, and clientage--he shows that the town was a highly commercialized, developmental community contrasting sharply with the communal, quietistic models that
