From gentlemen to townsmen : the gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland, 1660-1776 / Charles G. Steffen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steffen, Charles G., 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentry--Maryland--Baltimore County--History.

Gentry.

Baltimore County (Md.)--History.

Baltimore County (Md.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 accepted view that the life of this privileged class was characterized by permanence, stability, and continuity.The subjects of this study are not the tiny knot of Tidewater aristocrats who have dominated scholarly inquiry, but the numerically predominant but largely unknown ""county gentry"" who constitute

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations, Maps, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Identifying the Elite; Appendix 2. Identifying the Merchants; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-201) and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186566

0813186560

9780813164496

0813164494

OCLC:

900345032