New world economies : the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada / Marc Egnal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egnal, Marc, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Canada--Economic conditions--To 1763.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New World Economies: The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada examines the economic development of both the original American colonies and early French Canada, looking at the impact of changing prices, capital flows, and shifts in demand. It is a companion volume to Marc Egnal's well-regarded earlier book, Divergent Paths, which emphasized the influence of culture and institutions upon growth. New World Economies studies transatlantic ties and sets forth a rigorous model to explain the pattern of growth. It features seventeen tables and more than one hundred graphs, many ofwhich are

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: A Brief March through the Thickets of Economic Theory; PART I: THE THIRTEEN COLONIES; PART II: CANADA UNDER THE FRENCH REGIME; APPENDICES; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771497-8

1-280-52951-2

0-19-535413-3

1-4294-0443-4

OCLC:

71801876