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The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 / Scott Derks and Tony Smith.
Author
Derks, Scott
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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
Online Content
(Available for Princeton University Library via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access)
Details
Subject(s)
Prices
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United States
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History
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Wages
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United States
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History
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Purchasing power
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United States
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History
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Dollar, American
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History
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Money
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United States
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History
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Cost and standard of living
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United States
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History
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Author
Smith, Tony, 1969-
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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.
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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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