Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Early colonial literature, 1607-1764
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The American Colonies and the British Empire, 1607-1783, Part I Vol 2
Author: Steven SarsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000161897
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This first part, volume 2 of an eight-volume reset edition, traces the evolution of imperial and colonial ideologies during the British colonization of America. It covers the period from the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1607 to 1783.
A Library of American Literature: Early colonial literature, 1607-1675
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Taxation in Colonial America
Author: Alvin RabushkaPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691168237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the colonists. Spanning the turbulent years from the founding of the Jamestown settlement to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Alvin Rabushka provides the definitive history of taxation in the colonial era, and sets it against the backdrop of enormous economic, political, and social upheaval in the colonies and Europe. Rabushka shows how the colonists strove to minimize, avoid, and evade British and local taxation, and how they used tax incentives to foster settlement. He describes the systems of public finance they created to reduce taxation, and reveals how they gained control over taxes through elected representatives in colonial legislatures. Rabushka takes a comprehensive look at the external taxes imposed on the colonists by Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, as well as internal direct taxes like poll and income taxes. He examines indirect taxes like duties and tonnage fees, as well as county and town taxes, church and education taxes, bounties, and other charges. He links the types and amounts of taxes with the means of payment--be it gold coins, agricultural commodities, wampum, or furs--and he compares tax systems and burdens among the colonies and with Britain. This book brings the colonial period to life in all its rich complexity, and shows how colonial attitudes toward taxation offer a unique window into the causes of the revolution.
A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Early colonial literature, 1607-1764
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
The Age of Homespun
Author: Laurel Thatcher UlrichPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307416860
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
They began their existence as everyday objects, but in the hands of award-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, fourteen domestic items from preindustrial America–ranging from a linen tablecloth to an unfinished sock–relinquish their stories and offer profound insights into our history. In an age when even meals are rarely made from scratch, homespun easily acquires the glow of nostalgia. The objects Ulrich investigates unravel those simplified illusions, revealing important clues to the culture and people who made them. Ulrich uses an Indian basket to explore the uneasy coexistence of native and colonial Americans. A piece of silk embroidery reveals racial and class distinctions, and two old spinning wheels illuminate the connections between colonial cloth-making and war. Pulling these divergent threads together, Ulrich demonstrates how early Americans made, used, sold, and saved textiles in order to assert their identities, shape relationships, and create history.
Life and Letters of Edmund Clarence Stedman
Author: Edmund Clarence StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poets, American
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 714
Book Description
A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.
The Athenaeum
Author: Werner's Voice Magazine
Author: Edgar S. WernerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elocution
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description