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Professor Main's conviction is that an understanding of political history in Colonial America depends on a knowledge of the country's underlying social structure. To provide this he examines different types of societies in revolutionary America between 1763 and 1788: frontier, subsistence farm, commercial farm, urban. He studies in detail the natur



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*I. The Economic Class Structure of the North, pg. 7*II. The Economic Class Structure of the South, pg. 44*III. Income and Property, pg. 68*IV. Standards and Styles of Living, pg. 115*V. Mobility in Early America, pg. 164*VI. Social Classes in the Revolutionary Era, pg. 197*VII. Contemporary Views of Class, pg. 221*VIII. Classes and Culture Patterns, pg. 240*IX. Conclusion, pg. 270*Appendix: Needs and Resources, pg. 288*Index, pg. 305

Social Structure of Revolutionary America

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 8 December 2015
      ISBN-13 9780691622033
      978-0691622033
      ISBN-10 0691622035
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Professor Main's conviction is that an understanding of political history in Colonial America depends on a knowledge of the country's underlying social structure. To provide this he examines different types of societies in revolutionary America between 1763 and 1788: frontier, subsistence farm, commercial farm, urban. He studies in detail the natur



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Table of Contents, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*I. The Economic Class Structure of the North, pg. 7*II. The Economic Class Structure of the South, pg. 44*III. Income and Property, pg. 68*IV. Standards and Styles of Living, pg. 115*V. Mobility in Early America, pg. 164*VI. Social Classes in the Revolutionary Era, pg. 197*VII. Contemporary Views of Class, pg. 221*VIII. Classes and Culture Patterns, pg. 240*IX. Conclusion, pg. 270*Appendix: Needs and Resources, pg. 288*Index, pg. 305

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