TY - BOOK AU - Baxter,William T. TI - The House of Hancock: Business in Boston, 1724-1775 T2 - Harvard Studies in Business History SN - 9780674730717 AV - HF3163.B6 B35 1945 U1 - 382.065 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Commerce KW - Handel, Kommunikation, Verkehr KW - Handel KW - Boston (Mass.) -- Commerce KW - Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 KW - Hancock, John, 1737-1793 KW - Hancock, Thomas, 1703-1764 KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; TABLES AND CHARTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL --; EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION --; AUTHOR’S PREFACE --; PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724–1764 --; CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas --; CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money --; CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725–1735 --; CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728–1738 --; CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738 --; CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins’ Ear 1739–1744 --; CHAPTER VII. King George’s War, 1774–1748 --; CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748–1754 --; CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755–1763 --; CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763–August, 1764 --; CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston --; PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764–1775 --; CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764–1766 --; CHAPTER XIII. John’s Policy of Expansion 1766–1768 --; CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768–1770 --; CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771–1775 --; CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions --; INDEX; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674282582 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674282582 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674282582.jpg ER -