Free Download Rosalind Beiler, "Immigrant and Entrepreneur: The Atlantic World of Caspar Wistar, 1650-1750"
English | 2008 | pages: 226 | ISBN: 027103372X, 0271035951 | PDF | 10,2 mb
Immigrant and Entrepreneur examines the life of German immigrant and successful businessman Caspar Wistar. Wistar arrived in Philadelphia in 1717 with nearly no money; at the time of his death in 1752, his wealth outstripped that of the contemporary elite more than threefold. Through this in-depth look at an immigrant’s path to achieving the American Dream, Beiler reevaluates the modern understanding of the entrepreneurial ideal and the immigrant experience in the colonial era.