From Gentlemen to Townsmen : The Gentry of Baltimore County Maryland, 1660-1776 /

Economic and social life in the upper Chesapeake during the colonial period diverged from that in southern Maryland and Tidewater Virginia despite similar economic bases. Charles Steffen's book offers a fresh interpretation of the economic elite of Baltimore County and challenges the widely acc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steffen, Charles G., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gentry.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Gentry > Maryland > Baltimore County > History.
Maryland > Baltimore County.
Baltimore County (Md.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Baltimore County
  • 2. The Open Elite
  • 3. The Work Force
  • 4. The Landed Estate
  • 5. The Merchant Community
  • 6. The Established Church
  • 7. Baltimore Town
  • Appendix 1. Identifying the Elite
  • Appendix 2. Identifying the Merchants.

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