A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia |
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| Author:
| Doerflinger, Thomas M. |
| Series title: | Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-4946-0 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $109.00AUD $71.00 |
Book Description:
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A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy.
A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy.