Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections

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Contents 1 acknowledgments ix a note on spelling and dates xi Introduction: British and Atlantic Networks in Early Massachusetts 1 1 The Idea of Community in Early Massachusetts 14 2 Laborers in Early Massachusetts: Ironworkers at Saugus 24 3 British Communities: Agricultural Laborers and Tenant Farmers in Essex County 51 4 Massachusetts Merchants: From British to Atlantic Networks 72 5 Community and Identity in Early Massachusetts 100 Conclusion: Into the Eighteenth Century 125 Appendix: Population Estimates 133 notes 135 bibliography 179 index 197 ...