Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors: The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720-1850 (Suny Series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)
Language: English
Published by State University of New York Press, 2001
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Appears unread. Minor crease to bottom corner front cover. Explores the social and economic transformations of the mid-Hudson River Valley during the key expansionist period in American history. 200 pages. Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Economic conditions, Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Social conditions.
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- Title
- Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors: The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720-1850 (Suny Series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)
- Author
- Wermuth, Thomas S.
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0791450848
- ISBN 13
- 9780791450840
- Item weight
- 13 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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- History
Although Rip Van Winkle was a fictional character, his community in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York State was very real. Thomas S. Wermuth's book shows that the popular view of Hudson Valley farmers as self-sufficient, independent, and free of governmental authority is as fictional as the character of Rip Van Winkle himself. In fact these mid-Hudson farmers lived in villages where economic practices and behavior were regulated by civil authorities as well as neighborhood concerns, and where acquisitive practices that were believed to endanger the public good were forbidden.
Based on extensive research into previously unused town records and commercial accounts, this book challenges the belief that the early valley was a capitalist society, arguing that the beliefs and practices associated with modern capitalism developed slowly and unevenly, and were not always welcomed by valley families.
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