Rum and Axes: The Rise of a Connecticut Merchant Family, 1795-1850

by Janet Siskind

Book Overview

Janet Siskind goes back to the beginnings of industrial capitalism in the United States to better understand the formation of the country's capitalist culture. She studies the papers and letters of three generations of the Watkinson family. The stories of their lives demonstrate how merchants amassed the capital to become industrial entrepreneurs, organized factories and private corporations, and constructed philanthropic and cultural institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801489202
• ISBN13: 9780801489204
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.2"