LEADER 04253nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910788513103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89721-0 010 $a0-8122-0611-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206111 035 $a(CKB)3240000000068537 035 $a(OCoLC)794702280 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642684 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631181 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11404064 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631181 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591646 035 $a(PQKB)10822842 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17948 035 $a(DE-B1597)449441 035 $a(OCoLC)1013950688 035 $a(OCoLC)1029826397 035 $a(OCoLC)1032679330 035 $a(OCoLC)1037979780 035 $a(OCoLC)1042026777 035 $a(OCoLC)1046612627 035 $a(OCoLC)1047007936 035 $a(OCoLC)1049681305 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880843 035 $a(OCoLC)979623091 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206111 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441932 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642684 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420971 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441932 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000068537 100 $a20081121d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDangerous economies$b[electronic resource] $estatus and commerce in imperial New York /$fSerena R. Zabin 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 225 0 $aEarly American Studies 225 0$aEarly American studies 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2057-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-195) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aBefore the American Revolution, the people who lived in British North America were not just colonists; they were also imperial subjects. To think of eighteenth-century New Yorkers as Britons rather than incipient Americans allows us fresh investigations into their world. How was the British Empire experienced by those who lived at its margins? How did the mundane affairs of ordinary New Yorkers affect the culture at the center of an enormous commercial empire?Dangerous Economies is a history of New York culture and commerce in the first two thirds of the eighteenth century, when Britain was just beginning to catch up with its imperial rivals, France and Spain. In that sparsely populated city on the fringe of an empire, enslaved Africans rubbed elbows with white indentured servants while the elite strove to maintain ties with European genteel culture. The transience of the city's people, goods, and fortunes created a notably fluid society in which establishing one's own status or verifying another's was a challenge. New York's shifting imperial identity created new avenues for success but also made success harder to define and demonstrate socially.Such a mobile urban milieu was the ideal breeding ground for crime and conspiracy, which became all too evident in 1741, when thirty slaves were executed and more than seventy other people were deported after being found guilty-on dubious evidence-of plotting a revolt. This sort of violent outburst was the unforeseen but unsurprising result of the seething culture that existed at the margins of the British Empire. 410 0$aEarly American studies. 606 $aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)$2bisacsh 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEconomic conditions$y18th century 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xCommerce 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775). 676 $a381.09747/1 700 $aZabin$b Serena R$01570912 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788513103321 996 $aDangerous economies$93844887 997 $aUNINA