Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1850

by Daniel Vickers

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Daniel Vickers examines the shifting labor strategies used by colonists as New England evolved from a string of frontier settlements to a mature society on the brink of industrialization. Lacking a means to purchase slaves or hire help, seventeenth-century settlers adapted the labor systems of Europe to cope with the shortages of capital and workers they encountered on the edge of the wilderness. As their world developed, changes in labor arrangements...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807844586

ISBN13:9780807844588

Release Date:November 1994

Publisher:Omohundro Institute and Unc Press

Length:372 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 9.7"

Related Subjects

Agricultural Sciences Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation State & Local

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