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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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION: Heavenly Merchandize; CHAPTER ONE: Robert Keayne's Gift; CHAPTER TWO: Robert Keayne's Trials; CHAPTER THREE: John Hull's Accounts; CHAPTER FOUR: Samuel Sewall's Windows; CHAPTER FIVE: Hugh Hall's Scheme; EPILOGUE: Religious Revival; Notes; Index.