Rum and axes
the rise of a Connecticut merchant family, 1795-1850
by Janet Siskind
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"Janet Siskind goes back to the beginnings of industrial capitalism in the United States to better understand the formation of the country's capitalist culture. She studies the papers and letter of three generations of the Watkinson family. The stories of their lives demonstrate how merchants amassed the capital to become industrial entrepreneurs, organized factories and private corporations, and constructed philanthropic and cultural institutions.
The author traces how "upper-class work," the everyday tasks of organizing and maintaining trade or a system of production, shaped the family's experience and New England's culture. The result is an intimate story of social class and capitalism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Commerce, History, Merchants, Connecticut, history, Commercial law, connecticut, Commerce, history, Economic conditionsPeople
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Rum and Axes: The Rise of a Connecticut Merchant Family, 1795-1850
2018, Cornell University Press
in English
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Rum and Axes: The Rise of a Connecticut Merchant Family, 1795-1850 (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
April 2004, Cornell University Press
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in English
0801489202 9780801489204
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Rum and axes: the rise of a Connecticut merchant family, 1795-1850
2002, Cornell University Press
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Rum and Axes: The Rise of a Connecticut Merchant Family, 1795-1850 (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
December 2001, Cornell University Press
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0801439329 9780801439322
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and index
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