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- catalog abstract ""Janet Siskind goes back to the beginnings of industrial capitalism in the United States to better understand the formation of the country's capitalist culture. She studies the papers and letter of three generations of the Watkinson family. The stories of their lives demonstrate how merchants amassed the capital to become industrial entrepreneurs, organized factories and private corporations, and constructed philanthropic and cultural institutions. The author traces how "upper-class work," the everyday tasks of organizing and maintaining trade or a system of production, shaped the family's experience and New England's culture. The result is an intimate story of social class and capitalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Rum & axes".
- catalog contributor b12311652.
- catalog coverage "Connecticut Commerce History.".
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions To 1865.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Janet Siskind goes back to the beginnings of industrial capitalism in the United States to better understand the formation of the country's capitalist culture. She studies the papers and letter of three generations of the Watkinson family. The stories of their lives demonstrate how merchants amassed the capital to become industrial entrepreneurs, organized factories and private corporations, and constructed philanthropic and cultural institutions. The author traces how "upper-class work," the everyday tasks of organizing and maintaining trade or a system of production, shaped the family's experience and New England's culture. The result is an intimate story of social class and capitalism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and index.".
- catalog description "The voyage -- Capital, kin, and connections -- Balancing the books -- Continuity and change -- The Collins Company -- Breaking community, building class -- For their own good.".
- catalog extent "191 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801439329 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Anthropology of contemporary issues".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Connecticut Commerce History.".
- catalog spatial "Connecticut.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions To 1865.".
- catalog subject "381/.09746 21".
- catalog subject "HF3161.C7 S57 2002".
- catalog subject "Merchants Connecticut.".
- catalog subject "Watkinson family.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The voyage -- Capital, kin, and connections -- Balancing the books -- Continuity and change -- The Collins Company -- Breaking community, building class -- For their own good.".
- catalog title "Rum & axes".
- catalog title "Rum and axes : the rise of a Connecticut merchant family, 1795-1850 / Janet Siskind.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".