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Author Martin, John Frederick.

Title Profits in the wilderness : entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / John Frederick Martin.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [1991]
©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 363 pages) : map.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-349) and index.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Contents Entrepreneurship and town-founding -- The leading entrepreneurs -- Commerce and culture -- The creation of land corporations in towns -- The use of shares -- The exclusiveness of land corporations -- The communal ideal -- The ambiguous character of town institutions -- The separation of proprietorships from towns -- The emergence of public institutions -- The New England town reconsidered.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject New England -- Economic conditions.
New England.
Economic conditions.
Capitalism -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
Capitalism.
History.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Entrepreneurship -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
Entrepreneurship.
Cities and towns -- New England -- History -- 17th century.
Cities and towns.
New England -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term To 1775
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
Other Form: Print version: Martin, John Frederick. Profits in the wilderness. Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1991 (DLC) 91002945 (OCoLC)23357517
ISBN 9781469615776 (electronic book)
1469615770 (electronic book)
0807820016 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780807820018 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0807843466 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780807843468 (paperback ; alkaline paper)