Merchants and Empire: Trading in Colonial New York (Early America: History, Context, Culture)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: October 16, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780801856020
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Distributive industries; Economic history; Social history; New York (State); History; Business History; New York - Local History; United States - Colonial Period; Business & Economics; History - General History; New York; History: American; USA; Commerce; History / United States / General; New York City; Wholesale trade; General; 17th century; 18th century; Merchants
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.