A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise: Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early . and the University of North Carolina Press)

Doerflinger, Thomas M.

ISBN 10: 0807849464 / ISBN 13: 9780807849460

Published by Omohundro Institute and UNC Press, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise: Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early . and the University of North Carolina Press)
• Publisher: Omohundro Institute and UNC Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807849464
• ISBN 13: 9780807849460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy. The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.

Book Description

"A solid, well-written, and brilliantly perceptive study of the economic structure and behavior of the merchant class in Revolutionary Philadelphia."--Richard Alan Ryerson, The Adams Papers