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Broken Chains and Subverted Plans : Ethnicity, Race, and Commodities / Christopher C. Fennell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fennell, Christopher, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archaeology and history--United States.
- Archaeology and history.
- Elite (Social sciences)--United States--History.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Economic development--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Economic development.
- Social networks--United States--History.
- Social networks.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Racism.
- African Americans--Race identity--Illinois--History.
- African Americans.
- German Americans--Virginia--Loudoun County--Ethnic identity--History.
- German Americans.
- United States--Race relations--History.
- United States.
- United States--Ethnic relations--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (317 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Using two case studies in the Virginia back country and the Midwestern frontier in Illinois, Fennell argues that individuals and their families were able to affect economic development and the plans of government and wealthy elites"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Subversions, ethnic dynamics, and racism
- Elite strategies, local networks
- Part 1: Ethnicity and commodity chains in nineteenth-century Virginia
- George Washington's great emporium
- The testimony of merchants
- Ethnic networks and a cultural landscape in the backcountry
- Local archaeology and transatlantic competitions
- Concluding observations: Ethnic networks in a Mid-Atlantic periphery
- Part 2: Racism, land, and freedom in nineteenth-century Illinois
- Overcoming enslavement with toil, gunpowder, and land
- Racism's waste and resilient entrepreneurs
- Surmounting adversities in the Land of Lincoln
- Concluding observations: Understanding histories with concepts of race and ethnicity.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-5324-2
- 0-8130-5268-8
- OCLC:
- 966446244
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