04219nam 2200781 a 450 991046371720332120200520144314.01-283-89721-00-8122-0611-810.9783/9780812206111(CKB)3240000000068537(OCoLC)794702280(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642684(SSID)ssj0000631181(PQKBManifestationID)11404064(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631181(PQKBWorkID)10591646(PQKB)10822842(MiAaPQ)EBC3441932(MdBmJHUP)muse17948(DE-B1597)449441(OCoLC)1013950688(OCoLC)1029826397(OCoLC)1032679330(OCoLC)1037979780(OCoLC)1042026777(OCoLC)1046612627(OCoLC)1047007936(OCoLC)1049681305(OCoLC)1054880843(OCoLC)979623091(DE-B1597)9780812206111(Au-PeEL)EBL3441932(CaPaEBR)ebr10642684(CaONFJC)MIL420971(EXLCZ)99324000000006853720081121d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDangerous economies[electronic resource] status and commerce in imperial New York /Serena R. ZabinPhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20091 online resource (214 p.) Early American StudiesEarly American studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-2057-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index.Introduction: Imperial New York City -- Where credit is due -- Webs of dependence -- The informal economy -- Masters of distinction -- Black cargo or crew -- Status, commerce, and conspiracy.Before the American Revolution, the people who lived in British North America were not just colonists; they were also imperial subjects. To think of eighteenth-century New Yorkers as Britons rather than incipient Americans allows us fresh investigations into their world. How was the British Empire experienced by those who lived at its margins? How did the mundane affairs of ordinary New Yorkers affect the culture at the center of an enormous commercial empire?Dangerous Economies is a history of New York culture and commerce in the first two thirds of the eighteenth century, when Britain was just beginning to catch up with its imperial rivals, France and Spain. In that sparsely populated city on the fringe of an empire, enslaved Africans rubbed elbows with white indentured servants while the elite strove to maintain ties with European genteel culture. The transience of the city's people, goods, and fortunes created a notably fluid society in which establishing one's own status or verifying another's was a challenge. New York's shifting imperial identity created new avenues for success but also made success harder to define and demonstrate socially.Such a mobile urban milieu was the ideal breeding ground for crime and conspiracy, which became all too evident in 1741, when thirty slaves were executed and more than seventy other people were deported after being found guilty-on dubious evidence-of plotting a revolt. This sort of violent outburst was the unforeseen but unsurprising result of the seething culture that existed at the margins of the British Empire.Early American studies.HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)bisacshNew York (N.Y.)Economic conditionsNew York (N.Y.)Economic conditions18th centuryNew York (N.Y.)CommerceElectronic books.HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775).381.09747/1Zabin Serena R1054662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463717203321Dangerous economies2487484UNINA