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Author | : Lawrence William Towner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2019-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317731867 |
First published in 1998. Early American historians are finding connections between the bonded status of African American slaves, European indentured servants, convicts, and sailors. An excellent starting point for this inquiry is this neglected classic by Lawrence Towner, former head of the Newberry Library in Chicago and editor of the William and Mary Quarterly. This comprehensive study of the lives and experiences of bonded laborers in colonial Massachusetts demonstrates the full sweep of their work and aspirations. Towner analyzes the legal status of all varieties of black and white bonded laborers. He explores their living and working conditions and discusses the cultural significance of work in their lives. The book also address gender issues in bonded labor. The author's approach provides a new understanding of the experiences of black and white workers in early America, and corrects a long-standing neglect of blacks in previous research. This edition makes this important work available in print for the first time, and includes an introductory essay by Alfred F. Young, "Dissertations and Gatekeepers: Why it took45 Years for a Ph.D. Thesis to be Published." (Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University; 1954)
Author | : Keith T. Krawczynski |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2013-02-20 |
Genre | : History |
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An exploration of day-to-day urban life in colonial America. The American city was an integral part of the colonial experience. Although the five largest cities in colonial America--Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Charles Town, and Newport--held less than ten percent of the American popularion on the eve of the American Revolution, they were particularly significant for a people who resided mostly in rural areas, and wilderness. These cities and other urban hubs contained and preserved the European traditions, habits, customs, and institutions from which their residents had emerged. They were also centers of commerce, transportation, and communication; held seats of colonial government; and were conduits for the transfer of Old World cultures. With a focus on the five largest cities but also including life in smaller urban centers, Krawczynski's nuanced treatment will fill a significant gap on the reference shelves and serve as an essential source for students of American history, sociology, and culture. In-depth, thematic chapters explore many aspects of urban life in colonial America, including working conditions for men, women, children, free blacks, and slaves as well as strikes and labor issues; the class hierarchy and its purpose in urban society; childbirth, courtship, family, and death; housing styles and urban diet; and the threat of disease and the growth of poverty.
Author | : Elisabeth Ceppi |
Publisher | : Dartmouth College Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-07-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1512602973 |
Invisible Masters rewrites the familiar narrative of the relation between Puritan religious culture and New England's economic culture as a history of the primary discourse that connected them: service. The understanding early Puritans had of themselves as God's servants and earthly masters was shaped by their immersion in an Atlantic culture of service and the worldly pressures and opportunities generated by New England's particular place in it. Concepts of spiritual service and mastery determined Puritan views of the men, women, and children who were servants and slaves in that world. So, too, did these concepts shape the experience of family, labor, law, and economy for those men, women, and children - the very bedrock of their lives. This strikingly original look at Puritan culture will appeal to a wide range of Americanists and historians.
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Release | : 1886 |
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Author | : Joseph Sabin |
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Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : America |
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Total Pages | : 928 |
Release | : 1883 |
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Total Pages | : 890 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Massachusetts |
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Author | : Cotton Mather |
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Total Pages | : 890 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Massachusetts |
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Total Pages | : 628 |
Release | : 1917 |
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Author | : American Antiquarian Society |
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Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : United States |
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