Tobacco Colony : : Life in Early Maryland, 1650-1720 / / Gloria Lund Main.

Setting out to describe the full spectrum of everyday life in early Maryland, this work integrates a range of economic, demographic, and anthropological approaches to the study of a colony in which tobacco was the staple crop.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1983
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 651
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
LIST OF TABLES --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --
INTRODUCTION --
Chapter One. TOBACCO COLONY --
Chapter Two. ADAPTATION UNDER FIRE --
Chapter Three. SERVANTS AND SLAVES, SLAVES AND SERVANTS --
Chapter Four. HOUSING IN EARLY MARYLAND --
Chapter Five. THE POORER PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES --
Chapter Six. THE MIDDLING AND AFFLUENT PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES --
Chapter Seven. STANDARDS, STYLES, AND PRIORITIES --
Appendix A. DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON WEALTH IN EARLY MARYLAND --
Appendix B. MARYLAND CURRENCY AND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS --
Appendix C. PROBATE RECORDS AS A SOURCE FOR HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION --
Appendix D. GLOSSARY OF ROOM NAMES IN MARYLAND INVENTORIES, 1660-1719 --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX --
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Summary:Setting out to describe the full spectrum of everyday life in early Maryland, this work integrates a range of economic, demographic, and anthropological approaches to the study of a colony in which tobacco was the staple crop.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400856039
9783110413441
9783110413489
9783110442496
DOI:10.1515/9781400856039
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Gloria Lund Main.