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Labor in a New Land : Economy and Society in Seventeenth-Century Springfield.

Stephen Innes studies the relationship between work, land, and community in seventeenth-century Springfield, Massachusetts. Using analytical concepts drawn from anthropology--dependence, mediation, and clientage--he shows that the town was a highly commercialized, developmental community contrasting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Innes, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Stephen Innes studies the relationship between work, land, and community in seventeenth-century Springfield, Massachusetts. Using analytical concepts drawn from anthropology--dependence, mediation, and clientage--he shows that the town was a highly commercialized, developmental community contrasting sharply with the communal, quietistic models that currently form our image of early New England. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished b.
Notas:Cover; Contents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (219 pages)
ISBN:9781400855490
1400855497