The women of the house : how a colonial she-merchant built a mansion, a fortune, and a dynasty
(Book)
Author
Published
Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2006.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
015101065X (hc)
Physical Desc
399 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Status
Adult Nonfiction
974.7 ZIM
1 available
974.7 ZIM
1 available
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Street Date
0608
Language
English
ISBN
015101065X (hc)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A portrait of an ambitious seventeenth-century woman merchant documents how she built a trading empire in New Amsterdam while managing a home that included her five children.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Merchants -- New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Commerce -- History.
New Netherland -- Social conditions.
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck -- Family.
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck.
Phillips family.
Women merchants -- New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Biography.
New Netherland -- Commerce -- History.
New Netherland -- Social conditions.
New York (State) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Biography.
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck -- Family.
Philipse, Margaret Hardenbroeck.
Phillips family.
Women merchants -- New Netherland -- Biography.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Zimmerman, J. (2006). The women of the house: how a colonial she-merchant built a mansion, a fortune, and a dynasty . Harcourt, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zimmerman, Jean. 2006. The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty. Harcourt, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zimmerman, Jean. The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty Harcourt, Inc, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Zimmerman, Jean. The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty Harcourt, Inc., 2006.
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