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In this episode, Dr. Joseph Stoltz sits down with Scott Miller, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Virginia and a former Washington Library research fellow, to discuss his latest findings regarding the economy of the early American Republic.

Scott Miller is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Virginia whose research examines the reformation of the American economy after independence from Great Britain. His work explores how a trans-regional cohort of merchant-entrepreneurs recreated commercial networks, domestic markets, and mechanisms of trust in the midst of post-Revolutionary economic, political, and social turmoil. Scott can be contacted at scm4jh@virginia.edu.

 

Joseph Stoltz is a historian and the Deputy Director of Leadership Programs at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. He is also the author of A Bloodless Victory: The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory.

Scott Miller's Top 5 Books About the Early American Economy

The Capital and the Colonies: London and the Atlantic Economy, 1660-1700--Nuala Zahedieh

Creating the Commonwealth: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England--Stephen Innes

A Union of Interests: Political and Economic Thought in Revolutionary America--Cathy D. Matson and Peter S. Onuf

A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise: Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Pennsylvania--Thomas M. Doerflinger

Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence--Bruce H. Mann

**BONUS ARTICLE!!!** "Rethinking the Transition to Capitalism in the Early American Northeast"--Naomi Lamoreaux (Journal of American History, 2003)

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The Hildebrand's present concerts and educational programs throughout the country for museums, historical societies, national and state historic parks, and universities. David and Ginger’s seven full-length recordings focus mostly on colonial and federal era music, highlighting both classical and folk‑based repertory. David is also a former Washington Library research fellow.

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