{"product_id":"wealth-and-disaster-9781421421285","title":"Wealth and Disaster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting and accessible history, Wealth and Disaster offers riveting insight into the matrimonial strategies and inheritance customs of French rural society and the resulting choices to emigrate or to stay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWealth and Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich and nuanced account of how fortunes were won and lost in the colonial Atlantic basin. Its account of intersecting logics of family, nationality, race, and class illustrate both the possibility and importance of greater conversations between economic sociology and economic history.\u003cbr\u003e—James Braun, University of Toronto, \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents Acknowledgements Note on Geographical Names, Measurement Units, And Currency UnitsIntroduction1. Origins Of A Migration Network2. The Coffee Boom And The Jealousy Of Trade3. House-Based Societies And Emigration4. War And Property Rights5. Nation, Citizenship And Atlantic Migrations6. Conclusion  Bibliography Index","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529533858135,"sku":"9781421421285","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421421285.jpg?v=1731875990","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/wealth-and-disaster-9781421421285","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}