A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise
Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia
Thomas M. Doerflinger
Publisher: Omohundro Institute
Imprint: OIEAHC
Published: 02/1986
Reprint: 2001
Pages: 430
Subject: Business & Economic History,Colonial, Revolutionary Era & Early American History
Paperback ISBN: 9780807849460
DESCRIPTION
A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life. Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local economy. The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Thomas M. Doerflinger, a securities analyst with PaineWebber Incorporated, received his doctorate in history from Harvard. He has published articles on early American business history and has taught history at two universities.
AWARDS
Bancroft Prize, Columbia University Libraries (1987)
REVIEWS
"A solid, well-written, and brilliantly perceptive study of the economic structure and behavior of the merchant class in Revolutionary Philadelphia."
--Richard Alan Ryerson, The Adams Papers
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