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The economy of British America, 1607-1789 / John J. McCusker & Russell R. Menard.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SCS HC 104 .M38 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCusker, John J.
- Series:
- Needs and opportunities for study series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Colonies--America--Economic conditions.
- Great Britain.
- British colonies.
- Economic history.
- America.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 485 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, ©1985.
- Contents:
- Part I, Points of Departure: Malthus and the Market: Approaches to the Economy of British America
- The Strategy of Economic Development: Mercantilism, Colonization, and the Navigation System
- The Course of Economic Growth: An Overview
- The Centrality of Trade
- Part II, The Colonial Economy, a Regional Approach: New England and Atlantic Canada
- The Upper South
- The West Indies
- The Lower South
- The Middle Colonies
- Part III, The Colonial Economy, a Topical Approach: The Growth of Population
- The Colonial Labor Force, the Pattern of Urbanization, and the Spread of Settlement
- Wealth and Welfare
- Consumption, the Import Trade, and the Domestic Economy
- Early American Agriculture
- Colonial Manufacturing and Extractive Industries
- Government, Business, and the Colonial Economy
- Part IV, Crisis and Change: Economic Growth, Revolution, and the Consequences of Independence
- Appendixes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Essay first presented at a conference held in Williamsburg at the Cascades Conference Center on Oct. 9-10, 1980.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-459) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McCusker, John J. Economy of British America, 1607-1789.
- ISBN:
- 0807816353
- 9780807816356
- 0807843512
- 9780807843512
- 080784165X
- 9780807841655
- OCLC:
- 12428642
- Online:
- French equivalent / Équivalent français
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