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Book SynopsisSetting out to describe the full spectrum of everyday life in early Maryland, this work integrates a range of economic, demographic, and anthropological approaches to the study of a colony in which tobacco was the staple crop. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xiii*LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xv*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*Chapter One. TOBACCO COLONY, pg. 9*Chapter Two. ADAPTATION UNDER FIRE, pg. 48*Chapter Three. SERVANTS AND SLAVES, SLAVES AND SERVANTS, pg. 97*Chapter Four. HOUSING IN EARLY MARYLAND, pg. 140*Chapter Five. THE POORER PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, pg. 167*Chapter Six. THE MIDDLING AND AFFLUENT PLANTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, pg. 206*Chapter Seven. STANDARDS, STYLES, AND PRIORITIES, pg. 240*Appendix A. DEMOGRAPHIC EFFECTS ON WEALTH IN EARLY MARYLAND, pg. 267*Appendix B. MARYLAND CURRENCY AND PRICE FLUCTUATIONS, pg. 274*Appendix C. PROBATE RECORDS AS A SOURCE FOR HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION, pg. 282*Appendix D. GLOSSARY OF ROOM NAMES IN MARYLAND INVENTORIES, 1660-1719, pg. 293*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 297*INDEX, pg. 311
