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The House of Hancock : Business in Boston, 1724-1775 / William T. Baxter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baxter, William T., author.
- Series:
- Harvard studies in business history.
- Harvard Studies in Business History ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764.
- Hancock, Thomas.
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
- Hancock, John.
- Boston (Mass.)--Commerce.
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- Local Subjects:
- Boston (Mass.)--Commerce.
- Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
- Hancock, John, 1737-1793.
- Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2013
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- TABLES AND CHARTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL
- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724-1764
- CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas
- CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money
- CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725-1735
- CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728-1738
- CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738
- CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins' Ear 1739-1744
- CHAPTER VII. King George's War, 1774-1748
- CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748-1754
- CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755-1763
- CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763-August, 1764
- CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston
- PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764-1775
- CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764-1766
- CHAPTER XIII. John's Policy of Expansion 1766-1768
- CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768-1770
- CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771-1775
- CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-28258-2
- OCLC:
- 1013943773
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