Creole gentlemen
Subtitle: the Maryland elite, 1691-1776
By: Trevor Burnard.
Series: New World in the Atlantic world
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- Maryland -- History -- 18th century.; Upper class -- Maryland -- History -- 18th century.; Upper class -- Maryland -- Social conditions -- 18th century.; Upper class -- Maryland -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.; Maryland -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Maryland -- Social conditions -- 18th century.; Maryland -- Economic conditions -- 18th century.
Description: Trevor Burnard presents a systematic study of the landowners of colonial Chesapeake, providing a glimpse into the lives of 460 of the wealthiest men who lived in Maryland during the period 1691-1776.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.