Labor in a new land: economy and society in seventeenth-century springfield
Auteur :
Innes, Stephen
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691613345
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
312 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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