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Immigrant and entrepreneur : the Atlantic world of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750 Rosalind J. Beiler
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks F 158.9 .G3 B45 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beiler, Rosalind J., 1961-
- Series:
- Max Kade German-American Research Institute series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wistar, Caspar, 1696-1752.
- Wistar, Caspar.
- Germans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--Biography.
- Germans.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--Biography.
- Immigrants.
- Merchants--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region--Biography.
- Merchants.
- Philadelphia Region (Pa.)--Biography.
- Philadelphia Region (Pa.).
- Palatinate (Germany)--Biography.
- Palatinate (Germany).
- Pennsylvania--Emigration and immigration--History--18th century.
- Pennsylvania.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 208 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2008.
- Summary:
- "Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Men in the middle : foresters and hunters in the early modern Palatinate
- Individual pursuits versus the common good : the constraints of village life in Waldhilsbach
- Contested identities : religious affiliation and diversity in the Palatinate
- Leaving home : the decision to emigrate
- Establishing professional and family connections : new beginnings in Pennsylvania
- Securing a legacy : Wistar's Pennsylvania land speculation
- Webs of influence : transatlantic trade and patronage
- Creative adaptations : the United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line: Microfilm "Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Caspar Wistar, Apr. 4, 1752," (Wistar Family Papers); Microfilm "Philadelphia County Wills, book 1 and Philadelphia County Deeds, G-4.
- ISBN:
- 9780271033723 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 027103372X (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 190778107
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