A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia / Thomas M. Doerflinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doerflinger, Thomas M.

Contributor:

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Businesspeople--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--18th century.

Businesspeople.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Economic conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Commerce--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va. by the University of North Carolina Press, 1986.

Summary:

A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy. The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: The Character of the Merchant Community; 1 Social Structure and Recruitment; Merchant Princes and Paupers; Merchants, Artisans, and Gentlemen; How to Become a Merchant; Friends and Churchmen; 2 The Articulation of the Merchant Community; Patterns of Commercial Specialization; The Division between the Dry Goods and Provision Trades; Suppliers and Distributors; Mercantile Fortunes; 3 Enterprise and Adversity; The Fabric of Adversity; The Response to Adversity; The Dynamics of Enterprise: An Overview; PART II: The Revolution

4 Reluctant RevolutionariesThe Economic Outlook, 1760-1775; The Logic of Moderation; Religion and Politics; Moderation Applied; 5 The Shock of War; The Economics of Civil War; The Four Phases of Commercial Disruption; The Wartime Experience of the Merchants; The Loyalists; The Staff Officers; The Fortune Builders; The Immigrants; 6 The Federalist Reaction; The Pennsylvania Revolution; The Counterrevolution in Congress; The Commercial Context of Constitutional Reform; The Shaping of a Federalist Consensus; Merchants and the Federalist Coup; PART III: Merchants and Economic Diversification

7 The Entrepreneurial EfflorescenceCommercial Innovation; The Bank of North America; Securities Speculation; Land Speculation; Manufacturing; 8 American Economic Development and the Case of Philadelphia; Philadelphia and Her Competitors, 1780-1840; Planters and Merchants; The Case of Virginia; APPENDIX: The Commercial World of Revolutionary Philadelphia; Social Organization; Shipping and Trade; Mercantile Estates; The Personal Property of Merchants; Bibliography; Quantifiable Records; Manuscripts; Doctoral Dissertations; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

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Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [383]-398.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908832-8-5

0-8078-3938-8

1-4696-0127-3

OCLC:

966768590