To her credit : women, finance, and the law in eighteenth-century New England cities /
Sara T. Damiano.
Bok Engelsk 2021 · Electronic books.
Utgitt | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Omfang | 1 online resource (1 volume) : : illustrations (black and white), maps ;
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Opplysninger | "This is a study in the history of capitalism in the context of colonial New England. The author argues that colonial women's skilled labor undergirded the workings of financial networks and was instrumental in shaping the development of economic and legal systems. The author shows that the economies of the colonial port cities of Boston and Newport could not have functioned without women's labor and credit relationships"--
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ISBN | 1-4214-4055-5
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