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Revolutionary Economies Explores The Roots Of American Capitalism Through The Archaeology And History Of The Chesapeake Bay Region. Thomas W. Cuddy Looks At The Archaeological Evidence Concerning Revolutionary-period Bakeries And Bakers (some Of Whom Had Been Students Of Adam Smith In Scotland) In Annapolis, Maryland And Alexandria, Virginia To Examine The Development Of Local Production Systems That Characterized These Important Early American Urban Centers. Revolutionary Economies Charts The Stages Of Production From Household Manufacturing To Larger Workshops To Mechanized Factories And Opens A Window On The Country's Economic History. The Volume's Blend Of Archaeology, History, And Economics Makes It A Prototypical Study In Historical Archaeology.--book Jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. Annapolis And 99 Main Street -- 3. Fire And The Grammar Bakery -- 4. Money And Markets -- The Scots Model -- 5. Alexandria And The Mechanization Of Baking -- 6. Capitalism In The Chesapeake -- Appendix. Emancipation In The United States, By Samuel Janney (1844). Thomas W. Cuddy. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 137-152) And Index.

Author

Thomas W. Cuddy

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; AltaMira Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780759112292

Subjects

History, Science, Humanities