Dangerous Economies : : Status and Commerce in Imperial New York / / Serena R. Zabin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History
• VerfasserIn: Zabin, Serena R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Early American Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 6 illus.

Before the American Revolution, the people who lived in British North America were not just colonists; they were also imperial subjects. To think of eighteenth-century New Yorkers as Britons rather than incipient Americans allows us fresh investigations into their world. How was the British Empire e...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction. Imperial New York City
• Chapter One. Where Credit is Due
• Chapter Two. Webs of Dependence
• Chapter Three. The Informal Economy
• Chapter Four. Masters of Distinction
• Chapter Five. Black Cargo Or Crew
• Chapter Six. Status, Commerce, And Conspiracy
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Acknowledgments