Heavenly merchandize :: how religion shaped commerce in Puritan America /

Heavenly Merchandize offers a critical reexamination of religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, it views commerce through the eyes of four generations of Boston merchants, drawing upon their personal letters, diaries...

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Main Author: Valeri, Mark R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Heavenly Merchandize offers a critical reexamination of religion's role in the creation of a market economy in early America. Focusing on the economic culture of New England, it views commerce through the eyes of four generations of Boston merchants, drawing upon their personal letters, diaries, business records, and sermon notes to reveal how merchants built a modern form of exchange out of profound transitions in the puritan understanding of discipline, providence, and the meaning of New England. Mark Valeri traces the careers of men like Robert Keayne, a London immigrant punished by his chu.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834990
1400834996
9786612569203
6612569204

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