Thomas W. Cuddy

Revolutionary Economies (eBook, PDF)

What Archaeology Reveals about the Birth of American Capitalism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Revolutionary Economies explores the roots of American capitalism through the archaeology and history of the Chesapeake Bay region. Thomas W. Cuddy looks at the archaeological evidence concerning revolutionary-period bakeries and bakers (some of whom had been students of Adam Smith in Scotland) in Annapolis, Maryland and Alexandria, Virginia to examine the development of local production systems that characterized these important early American urban centers. Revolutionary Economies charts the stages of production from household manufacturing to larger workshops to mechanized factories and opens a window on the country's economic history. The volume's blend of archaeology, history, and economics makes it a prototypical study in historical archaeology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216301707
• Artikelnr.: 74845403

Autorenporträt

Thomas W. Cuddy is senior associate at ICF International. He has previously held the position of Curator of Archaeology at the Historic Annapolis Foundation/University of Maryland.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Annapolis and 99 Main Street
Chapter 3. Fire and the Grammar Bakery
Chapter 4. Money and Markets - The Scots Model
Chapter 5. Alexandria and the Mechanization of Baking
Chapter 6. Capitalism in the Chesapeake
Chapter 7 Appendix I. Emancipation in the United States, by Samuel Janney
(1844)