A Dependent People : : Newport, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary Era /

A Dependent People : : Newport, Rhode Island in the Revolutionary Era / / Elaine F. Crane.

This work tells a story about the sea, an American colonial town, and the British. It relates how Newport's dependence on the Atlantic Ocean dominated nearly every aspect of its existence. Newport learned early from its watery surroundings that its survival and prosperity were inextricably link...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
VerfasserIn:
Crane, Elaine F.,
MitwirkendeR:
Maylem, John,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
©1992
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (196 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Description of the Town of Newport, Rhode Island
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES
  • CONTENTS
  • Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Introduction
  • I "A Good Voyage and Safe Return"
  • 1. "Any Scheme of Trade"
  • 2. "The First Wheel of Commerce"
  • Reflections
  • II An Interdependent People
  • 3. A Mercantile Metropolis
  • 4. The World of the Wealthy
  • 5. Dependent People, Helping Hands
  • 6. The Cruel Sea
  • 7. The Black Community
  • 8. A Lawless Rabble
  • Reflections
  • III A Dependent People
  • 9. Economic Arguments and Mob Rule
  • 10. A Town at War with Itself
  • Reflections
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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