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Farmers and Fishermen - (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo) by Daniel Vickers (Paperback)

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  • Daniel Vickers examines the shifting labor strategies used by colonists as New England evolved from a string of frontier settlements to a mature society on the brink of industrialization.
  • Author(s): Daniel Vickers
  • 372 Pages
  • History, United States
  • Series Name: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo

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Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1850



Book Synopsis



Daniel Vickers examines the shifting labor strategies used by colonists as New England evolved from a string of frontier settlements to a mature society on the brink of industrialization. Lacking a means to purchase slaves or hire help, seventeenth-century settlers adapted the labor systems of Europe to cope with the shortages of capital and workers they encountered on the edge of the wilderness. As their world developed, changes in labor arrangements paved the way for the economic transformations of the nineteenth century. By reconstructing the work experiences of thousands of farmers and fishermen in eastern Massachusetts, Vickers identifies who worked for whom and under what terms. Seventeenth-century farmers, for example, maintained patriarchal control over their sons largely to assure themselves of a labor force. The first generation of fish merchants relied on a system of clientage that bound poor fishermen to deliver their hauls in exchange for goods. Toward the end of the colonial period, land scarcity forced farmers and fishermen to search for ways to support themselves through wage employment and home manufacture. Out of these adjustments, says Vickers, emerged a labor market sufficient for industrialization.



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A splendid book. . . . A superior work of historical scholarship."--William and Mary Quarterly

An incisive study of changing dynamics in the social relations of colonial New Englanders."--New England Quarterly

An original and significant addition to the literature on economic development in Puritan New England. . . . At the core of this study is a deep and illuminating understanding of Puritan accomplishment and struggle, and how those struggles shaped New England, sometimes ironically, into a re-creation of so much of the world the Puritans left behind during the Great Migration."--Technology and Culture

Making effective use of narrative and statistical evidence, Vickers skillfully traces the evolution of farming and fishing in Essex County, Massachusetts, from 1630 to 1850. . . . A first-rate work."--CHOICE

One of the best works yet written on early American economy and society. Its intelligence and sophistication is matched by its clarity and accessibility. . . . It deserves to be read by all historians of early America, and it sets a very high standard for future studies of this kind to match."--Reviews in American History

Provides insight into the working relationships of individuals, as well as to the broader pattern of transformation of labor into capitalism. This well-written book is an important contribution to the new labor history of America."--Journal of the Early Republic

Vickers's depiction of the working life of farmers and fishermen makes this book an especially valuable contribution to labor history, providing an excellent analysis of the experience of common people in an era of capitalist transformation."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Dimensions (Overall): 9.7 Inches (H) x 5.63 Inches (W) x .79 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.14 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo
Sub-Genre: United States
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 372
Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Theme: State & Local, New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Format: Paperback
Author: Daniel Vickers
Language: English
Street Date: November 18, 1994
TCIN: 88972759
UPC: 9780807844588
Item Number (DPCI): 247-56-4214
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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