Profits in the wilderness : entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / / John Frederick Martin |
Autore | Martin John Frederick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.974/02 |
Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
Soggetto topico |
Capitalism - New England - History - 17th century
Entrepreneurship - New England - History - 17th century Cities and towns - New England - History - 17th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4696-0003-X
1-4696-1577-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Nonproprietors of New England Towns; III. Towns Launched by Other Towns; Chapter 7 The Communal Ideal; I. The Landholding Community; II. The Social Community; Chapter 8 The Ambiguous Character of Town Institutions; I. Towns as Private Enterprises; II. The Clash of Public and Private Interpretations of Towns PART III: TOWNS TRANSFORMEDChapter 9 The Separation of Proprietorships from Towns; I. The Land Policy of Sir Edmund Andros; II. The Reaction of the Towns; Chapter 10 The Emergence of Public Institutions; Conclusion: The New England Town Reconsidered; APPENDIXES; PART I; 1. Real Estate of Town Promoters; 2. Timing of Church Formations; PART II; A Note on Sources and the Sample; 3. The Town Sample; 4. Covenants Creating Land, Corporations; 5. Reduction of Admissions to Land Corporations; 6. Town Residents without Land Shares; 7. Nonresident Owners of Land Shares; 8. Land Division 9. Tax Assessment of Shares10. Franchise Restrictions; 11. Town Voting by Shares; 12. Town Land Fights; 13. Expansion of Land Corporations; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; MAP: New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459926103321 |
Martin John Frederick | ||
Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Profits in the wilderness : entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / / John Frederick Martin |
Autore | Martin John Frederick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.974/02 |
Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
Soggetto topico |
Capitalism - New England - History - 17th century
Entrepreneurship - New England - History - 17th century Cities and towns - New England - History - 17th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908869-6-5
1-4696-0003-X 1-4696-1577-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Nonproprietors of New England Towns; III. Towns Launched by Other Towns; Chapter 7 The Communal Ideal; I. The Landholding Community; II. The Social Community; Chapter 8 The Ambiguous Character of Town Institutions; I. Towns as Private Enterprises; II. The Clash of Public and Private Interpretations of Towns PART III: TOWNS TRANSFORMEDChapter 9 The Separation of Proprietorships from Towns; I. The Land Policy of Sir Edmund Andros; II. The Reaction of the Towns; Chapter 10 The Emergence of Public Institutions; Conclusion: The New England Town Reconsidered; APPENDIXES; PART I; 1. Real Estate of Town Promoters; 2. Timing of Church Formations; PART II; A Note on Sources and the Sample; 3. The Town Sample; 4. Covenants Creating Land, Corporations; 5. Reduction of Admissions to Land Corporations; 6. Town Residents without Land Shares; 7. Nonresident Owners of Land Shares; 8. Land Division 9. Tax Assessment of Shares10. Franchise Restrictions; 11. Town Voting by Shares; 12. Town Land Fights; 13. Expansion of Land Corporations; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; MAP: New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796934203321 |
Martin John Frederick | ||
Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Profits in the wilderness : entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / / John Frederick Martin |
Autore | Martin John Frederick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.974/02 |
Collana | Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia |
Soggetto topico |
Capitalism - New England - History - 17th century
Entrepreneurship - New England - History - 17th century Cities and towns - New England - History - 17th century |
ISBN |
979-88-908869-6-5
1-4696-0003-X 1-4696-1577-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Nonproprietors of New England Towns; III. Towns Launched by Other Towns; Chapter 7 The Communal Ideal; I. The Landholding Community; II. The Social Community; Chapter 8 The Ambiguous Character of Town Institutions; I. Towns as Private Enterprises; II. The Clash of Public and Private Interpretations of Towns PART III: TOWNS TRANSFORMEDChapter 9 The Separation of Proprietorships from Towns; I. The Land Policy of Sir Edmund Andros; II. The Reaction of the Towns; Chapter 10 The Emergence of Public Institutions; Conclusion: The New England Town Reconsidered; APPENDIXES; PART I; 1. Real Estate of Town Promoters; 2. Timing of Church Formations; PART II; A Note on Sources and the Sample; 3. The Town Sample; 4. Covenants Creating Land, Corporations; 5. Reduction of Admissions to Land Corporations; 6. Town Residents without Land Shares; 7. Nonresident Owners of Land Shares; 8. Land Division 9. Tax Assessment of Shares10. Franchise Restrictions; 11. Town Voting by Shares; 12. Town Land Fights; 13. Expansion of Land Corporations; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; MAP: New England Towns in the Seventeenth Century |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815770903321 |
Martin John Frederick | ||
Chapel Hill : , : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, , [1991] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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