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Irons in the Fire
Laura Croghan Kamoie
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Description for Irons in the Fire
Hardback. Chronicles the agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities of four generations of the Tayloe family of Northern Virginia, revealing the complexity in the southern business culture of early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JF; 3JH; KCZ; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Irons in the Fire chronicles the agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities of four generations of the Tayloe family of Northern Virginia, revealing a greater complexity in the southern business culture of early America than scholars have generally recognized. Through the story of one representative family, Laura Croghan Kamoie illustrates how entrepreneurship and a broadly skilled slave-labor force combined to create economic diversification well before the American Revolution. Contrary to general historical perceptions, southern elite planters were, at least until the 1790s, very like their northern counterparts. The Tayloes were planters and businessmen who, crucially, saw no distinction or conflict between ... Read more
Irons in the Fire chronicles the agricultural, industrial, and commercial activities of four generations of the Tayloe family of Northern Virginia, revealing a greater complexity in the southern business culture of early America than scholars have generally recognized. Through the story of one representative family, Laura Croghan Kamoie illustrates how entrepreneurship and a broadly skilled slave-labor force combined to create economic diversification well before the American Revolution. Contrary to general historical perceptions, southern elite planters were, at least until the 1790s, very like their northern counterparts. The Tayloes were planters and businessmen who, crucially, saw no distinction or conflict between ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926377
SKU
V9780813926377
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About Laura Croghan Kamoie
Laura Croghan Kamoie is Assistant Professor of History at the United States Naval Academy.
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