Making houses, crafting capitalism : builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850 / Donna J. Rilling.

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Rilling, Donna J., author. aut

Title & Author:

Making houses, crafting capitalism : builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850 / Donna J. Rilling.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait ; 24 cm.

Series:

Early American studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
(from table of contents) Introduction -- Men on the Make: Philadelphia Builders -- By "Credit and Industry": Financial and Legal Contexts -- Dimensions of the Master Builder -- Enterprising Nature: Materials -- "Windows Sashes & Sundry Other Light Things": The Production of Carpentry Work -- Final Assembly -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"In Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism, Donna J. Rilling follows the work of entrepreneurial builders, from the procurement of bricks and mortar to the eventual marketing and sale of a finished house. By tracing these activities, Rilling demonstrates the diverse ways capital markets, worksites, raw materials, and the real estate business changed over six decades. She opens the world of artisans to reveal their creative impact on the Philadelphia economy and the ways they exploited the shifting organization of work and capital to secure their financial independence. The practices of the aggressive craftsmen profiled in Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism will enrich and complicate how historians think about small producers and their role in the nineteenth-century economy."--Jacket.

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Related Electronic Resource: Publisher's web site for this title, with link to scanned depiction of some pages (viewed 2025 February 05):
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ISBN:

0812235800 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780812235807 (cloth ; alkaline paper)

Subject:

Building Pennsylvania Philadelphia History.
Construction Pennsylvanie Philadelphie Histoire.
Building
Gebäude
Bouwnijverheid.
Pennsylvania Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pa.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Early American studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217566
Call No.: TH24.P4 R5 2001
Status: Available

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