Description:
Examines the life of 18th century German immigrant and businessman Caspar Wistar. Reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era.
Brief description: Rosalind Beiler is Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Florida.
Review Quotes:
"This book has been much anticipated by scholars familiar with the author's work and this field. It will be the prime exhibit for the growing community of Atlantic historians teaching early American or Atlantic history who are anxious to broaden the context of colonial America beyond the British and African connections."
--Ian Steele, University of Western Ontario