The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, A Fortune, and a Dynasty
de Zimmerman, Jean
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- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Very Fine
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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Harcourt, Inc., 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Larger, sturdy book, dark blue spine, cream boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 399 glossy pages including a photo section. DJ glossy with color portrait of elegant wealthy woman in the Colonial Era on front and spine, black back with brief biographical notes. DJ and book, both Very Fine.
Sinopsis
The remarkable Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse arrived in New Amsterdam from Holland in 1659, a brash and ambitious twenty-two-year-old bent on making her way in the New World. She promptly built an empire of trading ships, furs, and real estate that included all of Westchester County. The Dutch called such women "she-merchants," and Margaret became the wealthiest in the colony, while raising five children and keeping a spotless linen closet. Zimmerman deftly traces the astonishing rise of Margaret and the Philipse women who followed her, who would transform Margaret's storehouse on the banks of the Hudson into a veritable mansion, Philipse Manor Hall. The last Philipse to live there, Mary Philipse Morris-the "It" girl of mid-1700s New York-was even courted by George Washington. But privilege couldn't shelter the family from the Revolution, which raged on Mary's doorstep. Mining extensive primary sources, Zimmerman brings us into the parlors, bedrooms, counting-houses, and parties of early colonial America and vividly restores a forgotten group of women to life.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 58794
- Título
- The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, A Fortune, and a Dynasty
- Autor
- Zimmerman, Jean
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Palabras clave
- Women Rich Women Colonial Captialism
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Ocean/Sea; Business; Women;
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