{"product_id":"courts-and-commerce-gender-law-and-the-market-economy-in-colonial-new-york-9780814207376","title":"Courts and Commerce: Gender, Law, and the Market Economy in Colonial New York","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Deborah Rosen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Economic Conditions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlluminates the legal engine behind colonial America's market economy, revealing how law and commerce intertwined to sideline women's participation and lay the groundwork for industrial capitalism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCourts and Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e, Deborah A. Rosen offers a fresh, incisive look at the economic and legal foundations of colonial New York. Drawing on a wide array of 18th-century sources--probate inventories, court records, petitions, and more--Rosen uncovers how law and commerce intertwined to shape a market economy long before the rise of industrial capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRosen challenges the romanticized view of colonial America as a bastion of communal values. Instead, she reveals a society already driven by arm's-length transactions and legal mechanisms that empowered men to expand their economic reach while systematically limiting women's participation. Her analysis spans both urban and rural settings, highlighting regional contrasts and the gendered impact of legal structures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book pushes back against the idea that the nineteenth century marked a sudden economic transformation. Rosen shows that many of the legal and economic patterns associated with industrialization were already in motion a century earlier. Engaging and deeply researched, \u003ci\u003eCourts and Commerce\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars of colonial history, legal and economic development, and gender studies. It reframes our understanding of early American life--and the roots of inequality in the modern economy.","brand":"Ohio State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889151066263,"sku":"9780814207376","price":3886.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814207376.webp?v=1781174538","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/courts-and-commerce-gender-law-and-the-market-economy-in-colonial-new-york-9780814207376","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}