The House of Hancock : : Business in Boston, 1724-1775 / / William T. Baxter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Baxter, William T.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1945
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Business History ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.) :; 8 illustrations; 2 tables; 2 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; TABLES AND CHARTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL --; EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION --; AUTHOR’S PREFACE --; PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724–1764 --; CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas --; CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money --; CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725–1735 --; CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728–1738 --; CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738 --; CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins’ Ear 1739–1744 --; CHAPTER VII. King George’s War, 1774–1748 --; CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748–1754 --; CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755–1763 --; CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763–August, 1764 --; CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston --; PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764–1775 --; CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764–1766 --; CHAPTER XIII. John’s Policy of Expansion 1766–1768 --; CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768–1770 --; CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771–1775 --; CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674282582; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674282582
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William T. Baxter.