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Capitalism by Gaslight : Illuminating the Economy of Nineteenth-Century America /
A compelling history of nineteenth-century economic, social, and cultural life, Capitalism by Gaslight explores the blurred boundary between legitimate and illegitimate economic activity, describing the dealings of prostitutes, dealers in dirty books and used goods, mock auctioneers, illegal slavers...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Capitalism by Gaslight : |b Illuminating the Economy of Nineteenth-Century America / |c Brian P. Luskey and Wendy A. Woloson. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Philadelphia : |b University of Pennsylvania Press, |c 2015. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2015. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (328 pages). | ||
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| 500 | |a "The essays here contain revised and expanded versions of many of the papers presented at a conference jointly sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Library Company of Philadelphia"--Preface. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Introduction / |r Luskey, Brian P. ; Woloson, Wendy A. -- |t Chapter 1. The Loomis Gang's Market Revolution / |r Mackintosh, Will B. -- |t Chapter 2. The Promiscuous Economy: Cultural and Commercial Geographies of Secondhand in the Antebellum City / |r Gamble, Robert J. -- |t Chapter 3. The Era of Shinplasters: Making Sense of Unregulated Paper Money / |r Greenberg, Joshua R. -- |t Chapter 4. The Rag Race: Jewish Secondhand Clothing Dealers in England and America / |r Mendelsohn, Adam -- |t Chapter 5. Lickspittles and Land Sharks: The Immigrant Exploitation Business in Antebellum New York / |r O'Malley, Brendan P. -- |t Chapter 6. "The World Is But One Vast Mock Auction": Fraud and Capitalism in Nineteenth- Century America / |r Goettsch, Corey -- |t Chapter 7. Underground on the High Seas: Commerce, Character, and Complicity in the Illegal Slave Trade / |r Hollander, Craig B. -- |t Chapter 8. "Some Rascally Business": Thieving Slaves, Unscrupulous Whites, and Charleston's Illicit Waterfront Trade / |r Thompson, Michael D. -- |t Chapter 9. Selling Sex and Intimacy in the City: The Changing Business of Prostitution in Nineteenth- Century Baltimore / |r Hemphill, Katie M. -- |t Chapter 10. Economies of Print in the Nineteenth- Century City / |r Erickson, Paul -- |t Chapter 11. Back Number Budd: An African American Pioneer in the Old Newspaper and Information Management Business / |r Garvey, Ellen Gruber -- |t Conclusion / |r Luskey, Brian P. ; Woloson, Wendy A. -- |t Notes -- |t Contributors -- |t Index -- |t Acknowledgments. |
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| 546 | |a In English. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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