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Donna J. Rilling - Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism - 9780812235807 - V9780812235807
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Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism

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Description for Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism Hardback. How entrepreneurial housebuilders fueled a rapid economy. "A well-written and easily read business book with a historical perspective, quite fit for a general readership interested in the history of American enterprise."-APT Bulletin Series: Early American Studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 720.

In the decades after the American Revolution, as Philadelphia became a center of political and economic power, the city experienced extraordinary population growth, increasing from 60,000 to 400,000 inhabitants between 1790 and 1850. By tracing the business strategies of several hundred housebuilders during this period—a medley of traditional craft workers, emerging entrepreneurs, and hustling speculators—Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism uncovers the complex process by which thousands of row houses were constructed and sold, and shows how craftsmen were at the center of this dramatic physical and economic expansion.
Simultaneously assuming the roles of craftsmen, entrepreneurs, supervisors, and demiarchitects, the master ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Early American Studies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812235807
SKU
V9780812235807
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Ref
99-15

About Donna J. Rilling
Donna J. Rilling teaches history at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Reviews for Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism
"A well-written and easily read business book with a historical perspective, quite fit for a general readership interested in the history of American enterprise."
APT Bulletin

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