03203oam 22006254a 450 991015553200332120170914113017.00-8130-5324-20-8130-5268-8(CKB)3710000000975087(MiAaPQ)EBC4771914(StDuBDS)EDZ0001719091(OCoLC)966446244(MdBmJHUP)muse56538(EXLCZ)99371000000097508720160815h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBroken Chains and Subverted Plans[electronic resource] Ethnicity, Race, and Commodities /Christopher C. FennellGainesville :University Press of Florida,[2017]©20171 online resource (317 pages) illustrationsPreviously issued in print: 2017.0-8130-6245-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Subversions, ethnic dynamics, and racism -- Elite strategies, local networks -- Part 1: Ethnicity and commodity chains in nineteenth-century Virginia -- George Washington's great emporium -- The testimony of merchants -- Ethnic networks and a cultural landscape in the backcountry -- Local archaeology and transatlantic competitions -- Concluding observations: Ethnic networks in a Mid-Atlantic periphery -- Part 2: Racism, land, and freedom in nineteenth-century Illinois -- Overcoming enslavement with toil, gunpowder, and land -- Racism's waste and resilient entrepreneurs -- Surmounting adversities in the Land of Lincoln -- Concluding observations: Understanding histories with concepts of race and ethnicity."Using two case studies in the Virginia back country and the Midwestern frontier in Illinois, Fennell argues that individuals and their families were able to affect economic development and the plans of government and wealthy elites"--Provided by publisher.Archaeology and historyUnited StatesElite (Social sciences)United StatesHistoryEconomic developmentSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistorySocial networksUnited StatesHistoryRacismUnited StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansRace identityIllinoisHistoryGerman AmericansVirginiaLoudoun CountyEthnic identityHistoryUnited StatesRace relationsHistoryUnited StatesEthnic relationsHistoryElectronic books. Archaeology and historyElite (Social sciences)History.Economic developmentSocial aspectsHistory.Social networksHistory.RacismHistory.African AmericansRace identityHistory.German AmericansEthnic identityHistory.305.800973Fennell Christopher1245128MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910155532003321Broken Chains and Subverted Plans2888025UNINA