Social and economic networks in early Massachusetts
Subtitle: Atlantic connections
By: Marsha L. Hamilton.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780271035512
Subjects: Social networks -- Massachusetts -- History; Community life -- Massachusetts -- History; Ethnicity -- Massachusetts -- History; Massachusetts -- Social life and customs -- To 1775; Massachusetts -- Ethnic relations; Massachusetts -- Economic conditions
Description: "An examination of the non-English communities of early Massachusetts"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: British and Atlantic networks in early Massachusetts; title: The idea of community in early Massachusetts; title: Laborers in early Massachusetts : ironworkers at Saugus; title: British communities : agricultural laborers and tenant farmers in Essex County; title: Massachusetts merchants : from British to Atlantic networks; title: Community and identity in early Massachusetts; title: Conclusion: Into the eighteenth century; title: Appendix: Population estimates.