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- catalog abstract ""Too often the story of urban growth and economic development in the Chesapeake region in the latter half of the eighteenth century is told in terms of the rise of Baltimore. This book concentrates instead on Annapolis, one of the first and perhaps the most important outport towns and one which played a major role in the export of tobacco, Maryland's most valuable crop. In Pursuit of Profit presents the economic growth and decline of the area through the careers of some thirty Annapolis merchants, among whom were the first Americans to be backed exclusively by native, rather than British, capital during the 1770s. This history examines the composition of the merchant community and its potential for capital accumulation, the experiences of its most dynamic members and the impact of the merchants' activities on the careers of the townspeople"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b6308449.
- catalog coverage "Annapolis (Md.) Commerce History.".
- catalog coverage "Annapolis (Md.) Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "[1975]".
- catalog date "1975".
- catalog date "[1975]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1975]".
- catalog description ""Too often the story of urban growth and economic development in the Chesapeake region in the latter half of the eighteenth century is told in terms of the rise of Baltimore. This book concentrates instead on Annapolis, one of the first and perhaps the most important outport towns and one which played a major role in the export of tobacco, Maryland's most valuable crop. In Pursuit of Profit presents the economic growth and decline of the area through the careers of some thirty Annapolis merchants, among whom were the first Americans to be backed exclusively by native, rather than British, capital during the 1770s. This history examines the composition of the merchant community and its potential for capital accumulation, the experiences of its most dynamic members and the impact of the merchants' activities on the careers of the townspeople"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. [269]-274.".
- catalog description "The stages of urban growth and the emergence of a merchant class, 1684-1774 -- Toward independence : capital accumulation and the challenge to the British middleman, 1763-1776 -- A wartime economy : new sources of capital, new markets, and new opportunities, 1776-1783 -- The adjustment to peace : great expectations and constricting opportunity, 1783-1793 -- The end of an era : the disintegration of Wallace, Johnson and Muir, 1783-1790 -- Opportunity in a quiet market town : from planter's merchant to farmer's banker, 1790-1805.".
- catalog extent "xi, 288 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "In pursuit of profit.".
- catalog identifier "0801815738".
- catalog isFormatOf "In pursuit of profit.".
- catalog isPartOf "Maryland bicentennial studies".
- catalog issued "1975".
- catalog issued "[1975]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "In pursuit of profit.".
- catalog spatial "Annapolis (Md.) Commerce History.".
- catalog spatial "Annapolis (Md.) Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Maryland Annapolis".
- catalog subject "330.9/752/5602".
- catalog subject "HF3163.A4 P36".
- catalog subject "Merchants Maryland Annapolis History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The stages of urban growth and the emergence of a merchant class, 1684-1774 -- Toward independence : capital accumulation and the challenge to the British middleman, 1763-1776 -- A wartime economy : new sources of capital, new markets, and new opportunities, 1776-1783 -- The adjustment to peace : great expectations and constricting opportunity, 1783-1793 -- The end of an era : the disintegration of Wallace, Johnson and Muir, 1783-1790 -- Opportunity in a quiet market town : from planter's merchant to farmer's banker, 1790-1805.".
- catalog title "In pursuit of profit : the Annapolis merchants in the era of the American Revolution, 1763-1805 / Edward C. Papenfuse.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".