Immigrant and Entrepreneur

The Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750

Szerző: Rosalind J. Beiler

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: Pennsylvania State University Press

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Immigrant and Entrepreneur examines the life of German immigrant and successful businessman Caspar W...

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Szerző

Rosalind J. Beiler

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2011

oldal

224

EAN

9780271035956

ISBN

0271035951

Enbook ID

04564526

Kiadó

Pennsylvania State University Press

Súly

340

Méretek

152 x 229 x 16

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Immigrant and Entrepreneur examines the life of German immigrant and successful businessman Caspar Wistar. Wistar arrived in Philadelphia in 1717 with nearly no money; at the time of his death in 1752, his wealth outstripped that of the contemporary elite more than threefold. Through this in-depth look at an immigrant's path to achieving the American Dream, Beiler reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era. The book follows Wistar's life from his family's German influences to the potential reasons behind his desire to emigrate and the networks he used to establish himself as a wealthy entrepreneur once he reached his adopted home. Beiler draws from Wistar's compelling story to examine the greater processes at work in the Atlantic world of the eighteenth century. Wistar's success exemplifies how European influence, patterns of adaptation, and an innovative cultivation of networks helped integrate immigrants into colonial America and the Atlantic world.

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