Irons in the fire : the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860

Irons in the fire : the business history of the Tayloe family and Virginia's gentry, 1700-1860

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.

x, 222 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.

929.2 T236ka 2007

(OCoLC)77270835

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-212) and index.
Contents: Introduction : the Tayloes, the Virginia gentry, and the early American economy -- "To the great benefit of this poor country" : John Tayloe and the roots of entrepreneurship -- Building the Tayloe estate : land, slaves, and the foundation of Virginia's regional economy -- Neabsco and Occoquan : iron, slaves, and the success of John Tayloe II -- Adjustments at Mount Airy : John Tayloe III and post-revolutionary Virginia -- John Tayloe III, engaged in the business of the new nation -- Epilogue : the Tayloes and change in antebellum Virginia -- Appendix A : Tayloe family genealogy -- Appendix B : the Chesapeake iron industry --Appendix C : The one hundred.
L2008M194

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