Author: J. WattsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Letter Book of John Watts... 1928
Author: J. WattsLetter Book of John Watts, Merchant and Councilor of New York, January 1, 1762 to December 22 1765
Author: John WattsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258544430
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
New York Historical Society Collections For 1928, V61.
Letter Book of John Watts
Author: John WattsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Letter Book of John Watts
Author: John WattsLetter Book of John Watts, Merchant and Councillor of New York, Jan. 1, 1762-dec. 22, 1765
Author: John WattsLetter Book of John Watts: Merchant and Coucillor of New York
Author: New York Historical SocietyPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780530183442
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
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Letter Book Of John Watts
Author: John WattsPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354484810
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Letter Book Of John Watts: Merchant And Councillor Of New York, January 1, 1762-December 22, 1765 has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
The Transformation of American Law, 1780–1860
Author: Morton J. HorwitzPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674903715
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
In a remarkable book based on prodigious research, Morton J. Horwitz offers a sweeping overview of the emergence of a national (and modern) legal system from English and colonial antecedents. He treats the evolution of the common law as intellectual history and also demonstrates how the shifting views of private law became a dynamic element in the economic growth of the United States. Horwitz's subtle and sophisticated explanation of societal change begins with the common law, which was intended to provide justice for all. The great breakpoint came after 1790 when the law was slowly transformed to favor economic growth and development. The courts spurred economic competition instead of circumscribing it. This new instrumental law flourished as the legal profession and the mercantile elite forged a mutually beneficial alliance to gain wealth and power. The evolving law of the early republic interacted with political philosophy, Horwitz shows. The doctrine of laissez-faire, long considered the cloak for competition, is here seen as a shield for the newly rich. By the 1840s the overarching reach of the doctrine prevented further distribution of wealth and protected entrenched classes by disallowing the courts very much power to intervene in economic life. This searching interpretation, which connects law and the courts to the real world, will engage historians in a new debate. For to view the law as an engine of vast economic transformation is to challenge in a stunning way previous interpretations of the eras of revolution and reform.
Vassar Quarterly
Author: Republic of Debtors
Author: Bruce H MannPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674040546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely an economic setback. In Republic of Debtors, authorBruce H. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society.