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The economy of colonial America / Edwin J. Perkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Edwin J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
- United States.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 251 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- This popular study, lauded by professors and scholars alike, has been diligently revised to reflect the tremendous amount of new research conducted during the last decade, and now includes a totally new chapter on women in the economy. Presenting a great deal of up-to-date information in a concise and lively style, the book surveys the main aspects of the colonial economy: population and economic expansion; the six main occupational groups (family farmers, indentured servants, slaves, artisans, great planters, and merchants); women in the economy; domestic and imperial taxes; the colonial monetary system; living standards for the typical family
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0231063385
- 0231063393
- OCLC:
- 17265325
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