Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism
Subtitle: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850 (Early American Studies)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780812235807
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Economic history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Industries - General; Housing (Economic Aspects); U.S. History - Constitutional Period To Civil War (1789-1860); History; History - U.S.; United States - Colonial Period; History: American; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; Pennsylvania; History / United States / State & Local; History - General History; United States - State & Local - General; United States - Revolutionary War; Building; Philadelphia
First sentence: THE EARLY CAREER of John Munday resembled that of many house carpenters in the new republic.