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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
McElroy's Philadelphia Directory, for 1855
Author: Philadelphia Directory for ... containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and dwelling houses
Author: MacElroyMcElroy's Philadelphia city directory
Author: Orrin RogersPublisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875855096
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 867
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the United States Patent Office
Author: USA Patent OfficeIn Hock
Author: Wendy A. WolosonPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226905691
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation’s founding through the Great Depression, In Hock demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic tide could make ends meet only, Wendy Woloson argues, by regularly pawning household objects to supplement inadequate wages. Nonetheless, businessmen, reformers, and cultural critics claimed that pawnshops promoted vice, and employed anti-Semitic stereotypes to cast their proprietors as greedy and cold-hearted. Using personal correspondence, business records, and other rich archival sources to uncover the truth behind the rhetoric, Woloson brings to life a diverse cast of characters and shows that pawnbrokers were in fact shrewd businessmen, often from humble origins, who possessed sophisticated knowledge of a wide range of goods in various resale markets. A much-needed new look at a misunderstood institution, In Hock is both a first-rate academic study of a largely ignored facet of the capitalist economy and a resonant portrait of the economic struggles of generations of Americans.
Early American Bottles and Flasks
Author: Stephen Van RensselaerPublisher:
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Category : Bottles
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
McElroy's Philadelphia city directory
Author: Orrin Rogers (Firm)Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5875855134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 905
Book Description
Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia. [Edited by J. Edmands.]
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Author: Mercantile Library Company (PHILADELPHIA)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Bibliography of American Directories Through 1860
Author: Dorothea N. SpearPublisher: Worcester, Ma. : American Antiquarian Society
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Category : Directories
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the United States Patent Office
Author: United States. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description