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Martin John Frederick |
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Profits in the wilderness : entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / / John Frederick Martin |
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Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] |
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©1991 |
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979-88-908869-6-5 |
1-4696-0003-X |
1-4696-1577-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Collana |
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
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Soggetti |
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Capitalism - New England - History - 17th century |
Entrepreneurship - New England - History - 17th century |
Cities and towns - New England - History - 17th century |
New England Economic conditions |
New England Politics and government To 1775 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-349) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP; Chapter 1 Entrepreneurship and Town-Founding; I. Varieties of Town Promoters; II. Profits; III. Land Policies of the General Courts; Chapter 2 The Leading Entrepreneurs; I. The Connecticut Valley and Connecticut Colony; II. Rhode Island; III. Plymouth Colony; IV. The Nipmuck and the Merrimack; V. Maine and New Hampshire; Chapter 3 Commerce and Culture; I. Frontier Expansion and Puritanism; II. Land as a Commodity; PART II: TOWNS; Chapter 4 The Creation of Land Corporations in Towns |
I. English CorporationsII. Town Covenants; III. The Separation of Church and Corporation; Chapter 5 The Use of Shares; I. Dividing Land; II. Financing Town Affairs; III. Voting; Chapter 6 The Exclusiveness of Land Corporations; I. Limiting the Membership of Corporations; II. The |
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