A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the spirit and statistics of merchant life Doerflinger studies the Philadelphia merchant community from three perspectives: their commercial world, their confrontation with the Revolution and its aftermath, and their role in diversifying the local ожзжс economy The analysis of entrepreneurship dominates the study and challenges long-standing assumptions about American economic history.  Запутанны,ISBN 0807849464.