Contents
List of Maps and Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: Wistar’s Palatine World
1. Men in the Middle: Foresters and Hunters in the Early Modern Palatinate
2. Individual Pursuits Versus the Common Good: The Constraints of Village Life in Waldhilsbach
3. Contested Identities: Religious Affiliation and Diversity in the Palatinate
4. Leaving Home: The Decision to Emigrate
Part II: Wistar’s American World
5. Establishing Professional and Family Connections: New Beginnings in Pennsylvania
6. Securing a Legacy: Wistar’s Pennsylvania Land Speculation
7. Webs of Influence: Transatlantic Trade and Patronage
8. Creative Adaptations: The United Glass Company and Wistarburg, New Jersey
Conclusion
Appendixes
1. Genealogy of Andreas Wüster
2. Genealogy of Hans Caspar Wüster
3. Genealogy of Caspar Wistar
Selected Bibliography
Index
Rosalind Beiler is Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Florida.
“Immigrant and Entrepreneur is a welcome addition to colonial and
Atlantic history. It is impressively researched and provides an
intriguing account of the process by which Caspar Wüstar, a
forester from the Palatinate, became Caspar Wistar, one of
Pennsylvania’s wealthiest merchants and manufacturers.”—Daniel B.
Thorp Journal of American History
“The author does a superb job as a detective in tracking down the
complicated web of Wistar’s business and personal relationships.
This is one of the most fascinating aspects of this monograph. . .
. Perhaps this work should be mandatory reading for MBA students. .
. . With Immigrant and Entrepreneur, Rosalind Beiler has provided
an engrossing account of a man who had a significant influence on
the development of the Pennsylvania economy and society.”—Simone A.
Wegge Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography
“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
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