Stumbling toward the Constitution : the economic consequences of freedom in the Atlantic world / Jonathan M. Chu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chu, Jonathan M.

Series:

New urban Atlantic

The new urban Atlantic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monetary policy.

History.

Free enterprise.

Economic conditions.

United States--History--Confederation, 1783-1789.

United States.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Economic aspects.

United States--Economic conditions--18th century.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Free enterprise--United States--History--18th century.

Monetary policy--United States--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

xv, 277 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"This book explores how Americans adjusted their economic behavior to new market incentives that resulted from the American Revolution. Jonathan Chu explores individual economic and legal behaviors, connecting them to adjustments in trade relations with Europe and Asia, the rise in debt litigation in Western Massachusetts, deflation and monetary illiquidity, and the Bank of North America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Independence, the United States, and the Atlantic Community 1

2 Reorienting Trade: The Origins of Sino-American Trade 19

3 American Merchants in the Postrevolutionary World 43

4 Debt and Taxes: The Economy, State Action, and Private Behavior 71

5 Illiquidity, Depression, and Debt Litigation in Western Massachusetts 91

6 A Necessary Expedient: Monetary Stability and the Bank of North America 109

7 The Bank of North America: A Dreadful Engine of Oppression 137

8 The Unfinished Revolution: A Uniform System of Commercial Intercourse and Regulations 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230340466

0230340466

OCLC:

755699219