Tobacco colony : life in early Maryland, 1650-1720

Main, Gloria L. (Gloria Lund) 1933- (author.).

Summary: Setting out to describe the full spectrum of everyday life in early Maryland, this work integrates a range of economic, demographic, and anthropological approaches to the study of a colony in which tobacco was the staple crop.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Record details

ISBN: 9780691613833
ISBN: 069104693X
ISBN: 9781400856039
ISBN: 9780691613833
ISBN: 9780691046938
ISBN: 1400856035
ISBN: 0691613834
ISBN: 069104693X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 pages) : map
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Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
Copyright: �1982

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Tobacco colony -- Adaptation under fire -- Servants and slaves, slaves and servants -- Housing in early Maryland -- The poorer planters and their families -- The middling and affluent planters and their families -- Standards, styles, and priorities -- Appendix A: Demographic effects on wealth in early Maryland -- Appendix B: Maryland currency and price fluctuations -- Appendix C: Probate records as a source for historical investigation -- Appendix D: Glossary of room names in Maryland inventories, 1660-1719 -- Appendix E: Glossary of room names in English farmhouses, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.