The Rise of a Market Society in the Hudson Valley, 1780–1860
by
Martin Bruegel
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2002
At the turn of the nineteenth century, when the word “capital” first found its way into the vocabulary of mid-Hudson Valley residents, the term irrevocably marked the profound change that had transformed the region from an inward-looking, rural community into a participant in an emerging market...