Courts and commerce : gender, law, and the market economy in Colonial New York /

In Courts and Commerce, Deborah A. Rosen intertwines economic history, legal history, and the history of gender. Relying on extensive analysis of probate inventories, tax lists, court records, letter books, petitions to the governor, and other documents from the eighteenth century - some never befor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rosen, Deborah A., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus, OH : Ohio State University Press, ©1997.
Series:Historical perspectives on business enterprise series.
Subjects:
Capitalism > New York (State) > History.
Sexual division of labor > New York (State) > History.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > New York (State) > History.
Debtor and creditor > New York (State) > History.
Capitalisme > New York (État) > Histoire.
Division sexuelle du travail > New York (État) > Histoire.
Femmes > Droit > New York (État) > Histoire.
Débiteur et créancier > New York (État) > Histoire.
LAW > General.
Capitalism.
Debtor and creditor.
Economic history.
Sexual division of labor.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc.
Wirtschaft
Rechtsstellung
Frau
Markteconomie.
Kapitalisme.
Vrouwendiscriminatie.
Rechtsstelsels.
Geschichte 1680-1770.
New York (State) > Economic conditions.
New York (État) > Conditions économiques.
New York (State)
New York (N.Y.)
Capitalism > History > New York (State)
Debtor and creditor > History > New York (State)
New York (State) > Economic conditions
Sexual division of labor > History > New York (State)
Women > Legal status, laws, etc > History > New York (State)
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The market economy. The consumer revolution in colonial New York. The rise of debt
  • Exchange relationships among men: law and early capitalism. Changes in the legal system. The spread of market relationships
  • The economic marginalization of women. Women, the courtroom, and the marketplace. Women, law, and money. The American Revolution and beyond.

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