Merchants and Empire: Trading in Colonial New York (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780801872471
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Distributive industries; Economic History; History: American; History; Business / Economics / Finance; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; United States - Colonial Period; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / General; New York City
First sentence: IN EARLY NEW AMSTERDAM, only a handful of residents devoted themselves to wholesale commerce, and their material beginnings were noticeably modest compared to the great fortunes of some Dutch burghers.