Martin, John Frederick.

Profits in the wilderness entrepreneurship and the founding of New England towns in the seventeenth century / John Frederick Martin. - Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)1991. - 1 online resource (xiv, 363 pages) : map - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Entrepreneurship and town-founding -- The leading entrepreneurs -- Commerce and culture -- The creation of land corporations in towns -- The use of shares -- The exclusiveness of land corporations -- The communal ideal -- The ambiguous character of town institutions -- The separation of proprietorships from towns -- The emergence of public institutions -- The New England town reconsidered.




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