Download or read book Courts and Commerce written by Deborah A. Rosen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the rise of debt in colonial New York as evidenced in probate inventories and court records to prove that 18th century economic relationships were business arrangements, not familial or communal in nature, and that there was widespread involvement in the market not only by wealthy merchants but also farmers, craftsmen, and others of average or modest means. Examines women as well as men in the rising capitalist economy, looking at the process by which women were marginalized from the core of economic relations as the economy and legal system became more contractualized and formalized, and contrasts urban and rural women. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR