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

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

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 363 pages) : map 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-349) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Print version record Subject Capitalism -- New England -- History -- 17th century Entrepreneurship -- New England -- History -- 17th century Cities and towns -- New England -- History -- 17th century HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. Capitalism Cities and towns Economic history Entrepreneurship Politics and government Steden. Grondbezit. Ondernemerschap. SUBJECT New England -- Economic conditions New England -- Politics and government -- To 1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091275 Subject New England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) ISBN 9781469615776 1469615770

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