The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 / Scott Derks and Tony Smith.

Author
Derks, Scott [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
[First edition]
Published/​Created
  • Millerton, New York : Grey House Publishing, [2005]
  • ©2005
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 442 pages) : illustrations

Availability

Available Online

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Summary note
This handbook provides records of the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased from the Colonial Era to the Civil War; pricing data from 1600 to 1865. A useful tool for all high school, public and academic library reference collections.
Notes
  • "A Universal Reference Book."
  • "[This is] the first edition of The Value of a Dollar, 1600-1865. This book both parallels and compliments its popular older brother The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004"--P. [i].
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-442) and index.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi : Gale. Available via World Wide Web.
Original version
Original: 436, [21] p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 1600-1749: The development of the colonies
  • Chapter 2 1750-1774: The run up to the war of American independence
  • Chapter 3 1775-1799: The revolution births a debt-plagued nation
  • Chapter 4 1800-1824: Another war, manufacturing, self-sufficiency and prosperity
  • Chapter 5 1825-1849: Western expansion, canal transportation and American confidence
  • Chapter 6 1850-1865: Railroads, slavery and a nation at war with itself
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
Other title(s)
Value of a Dollar, 1600-1865
ISBN
  • 9781784028923 ((electronic version))
  • 1784028924 ((electronic version))
  • 9781592371693
  • 1592371698
  • 9781592370948
  • 1592370942
OCLC
891677636
International Article Number
  • 9781592370948
Other standard number
  • 99811706144
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