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| Author | Daniel Vickers |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | New Edition |
| Genre | Historical, Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
Publication date | December 31st 1994 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 372 |
| ISBN | 978-0807844588 |
Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630–1850 is a book by the Canadian historian Daniel Vickers, first published in 1994.[1] It analyzes and contrasts the economic roles of farmers and fishermen in early New England communities.[2]
It won the 1995 John H. Dunning Prize[3] as well as the 1994–95 Louis Gottschalk Prize from the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.[4][5]
In the book, Vickers examines how a patriarchal system that relied on the unpaid labor of dependent sons transitioned gradually to an economic system in which these sons found work outside of the family farm.[6] For fishermen, he explores the shift from client-patron economic relations to a free market system, noting the difficulties fishermen faced in achieving economic independence in both systems.[2]
In the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, the title character cites the book during a history-of-economics debate in a Harvard Square barroom.[7]
References
- ^ "Farmers and Fishermen | Daniel Vickers". University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Nobles, Gregory H (1996). "Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1850". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 27 (2): 328. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ "John H. Dunning Prize Recipients". historians.org. American Historical Association. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "The Passing of Daniel Vickers, a wise and witty colleague, a devoted teacher, and a renowned scholar of early America". UC San Diego Department of History. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Past Prize Winners". asecs.press.jhu.edu. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Rothenberg, Winifred B. (1996). ""Farmers and Fishermen: Two Centuries of Work in Essex County, Massachusetts, 1630-1850."" (PDF). The William and Mary Quarterly. 53 (2): 387.
- ^ LePan, Don (17 May 2018). "Historian Daniel Vickers had a brush with Hollywood". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.
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