Russell R Menard: 2 books
by John J. McCusker, Russell R. Menard
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature and extent of that success are still unfolding. In this first comprehensive assessment of where research on prerevolutionary economy stands,...
Robert Cole's World
Agriculture and Society in Early Maryland
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
In 1652 Robert Cole, an English Catholic, moved with his family and servants to St. Mary's County, Maryland. Using this family's story as a case study, the authors of Robert Cole's World provide an intimate portrait of the social and economic life of a middling planter in the seveneenth-century Chesapeake,...