1815-1850: Business and the Economy
1815-1850: Chapter Three: Business and the Economy
by J. JACOB JONES
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 64
OVERVIEW 69
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Agriculture in the North 70
The Artisan’s World 72
Capital of the Cotton Kingdom 75
Financing the Market Revolution 77
Panic in the Streets 77
From Farm to Market 79
The Land Business 81
Land Auction 81
The Lowell System 83
Middlemen and Foreign Trade 85
Mobility and Class 87
The “Free Barber of Natchez” 87
Retail 88
The Rise of the Factory 89
Blue Monday 89
Women at Work 91
When the Spinning Wheels Fell Silent 91
HEADLINE MAKERS
John Jacob Astor 92
Sarah Bagley 93
Samuel Colt 94
Chauncey Jerome 95
PUBLICATIONS 97
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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