Tobacco Colony Life in Early Maryland, 1650-1720

Informationen zum Autor Gloria Lund Main Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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 avail

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• Authors: Gloria Lund Main
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2016
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780691641539
• ISBN: 978-0-691-64153-9
• Pages: 344
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Prostitution, cooking, Maryland, Tailor, book, Anthropology, unemployment, Shirt, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Poverty, income, Tax, Agriculture, Cider, Longevity, Wealth, United States of America, USA, Clothing, Debt, History of the Americas, Tobacco industry, Ox, Tobacco, C 1600 To C 1700, Slavery, C 1700 To C 1800, Maid, Hearth, Garret, Household, Scarcity, Carpet, Old South, Saving, Vernacular architecture, Rickets, livestock, Vegetable, planters, standard of living, Navigation Acts, Slavery in the United States, Housewife, c 1600 to c 1775 (period of European colonization and settlement of North America), Proportion (architecture), The Other Hand, Superiority (short story), Laborer, Supply (economics), His Family, Plantation era, Scurvy, Bushel, fireplace, Head of Household, Green wood, Josiah wedgwood, Rural housing, Pewter, earthenware, Early Times, Breaking Ground, Unfree labour, Betterment, Free negro, mulatto, Plantations in the American South, Foot the bill, Kitchen utensil, Broadcloth, Appraiser, Bacon's Rebellion, Long Depression, Chamber pot, Tobacco barn, Rectified spirit, Free tenant, Raphael Semmes, Hogshead