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Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays, social and economic historians consider the rise of capitalism in the early American republic and demonstrate the centrality of common men and women as artisans, laborers, planters, and farmers in the dramatic transitions of the period.
Trade ReviewA useful survey, a valuable synthesis, a set of provocative arguments about work, and a fresh debate over models of American economic development—even the most demanding reader could not ask for more. -- James A. Henretta * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Rise of Capitalism in the Early Republic Chapter 2 The Woman Who Wasn't There: Women's Market Labor and the Transition to Capitalism in the United States Chapter 3 Markets Without a Market Revolution: Southern Planters and Capitalism Chapter 4 Rural America and the Transition to Capitalism Chapter 5 Capitalism, Industrialization, and the Factory in Post-revolutionary America Chapter 6 Artisans and Capitalist Development Chapter 7 Capitalizing Hope: Economic Thought and the Early National Economy Chapter 8 The Enemy is Us: Democratic Capitalism in the Early Republic Chapter 9 Contributors Chapter 10 Index
