Irons in the Fire - 9780813926377
Un libro in lingua di Kamoie Laura Croghan edito da Univ of Virginia Pr, 2007
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They were not the only enterprising family in the South, but they were amongst the most driven to succeed. They could have remained Virginia planters as was expected of them, with all the privileges associated, but they chose to expand into other businesses, largely by training and developing their slave laborers. The resulting diversification made the family forces in the regional economy, beginning three-quarters of a century before the Revolution and continuing to the great-grandsons' generation at the brink of the Civil War. Kamoie (history, US Naval Academy, Annapolis) not only uses this family as a case study in the development of the southern economy but provides insight into why the south defended what was an indefensible institution. She also explains by this example that the colonial and early US economy was sophisticated and often offered entrepreneurs nothing more than risk. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Irons in the Fire
- Sottotitolo: The Business History of the Tayloe Family and Virginia's Gentry, 1700-1860
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Kamoie Laura Croghan
- Editore: Univ of Virginia Pr
- Collana: Univ of Virginia Pr (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 15 Gennaio '07
- Genere: BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : Plantation owners Virginia Prince William County Biography Businessmen Virginia Prince William County Biography Gentry Virginia Prince William County History
- Pagine: 222
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 158 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0813926378
- EAN-13: 9780813926377