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Scotch-Irish merchants in colonial America Richard K. MacMaster
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 184 .S4 M336 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacMaster, Richard K. (Richard Kerwin), 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scots-Irish--United States--History--18th century.
- Scots-Irish.
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland).
- Ireland--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Ireland.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- Flax industry--History--18th century.
- Flax industry.
- Merchants--United States--History--18th century.
- Merchants.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 324 p. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : Ulster Historical Foundation, 2009.
- Contents:
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introd.
- Novel traffics
- Scowbanckers and redemptioners
- The flaxseed trade begins
- Transatlantic partners: patterns of trade
- Into the backcountry
- From Ulster to the Carolinas
- Merchants in politics
- A Scotch-Irish boom town
- Emigrations at high tide
- Patterns of emigration
- Non-importation, non-exportation, and the flaxseed trade
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-314) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781903688786
- 1903688787
- OCLC:
- 502014335
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