The Economy of British America, 1607-1789 John J. McCusker & Russell R. Menard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCusker, John J.

Contributor:

Menard, Russell R.

Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)

Series:

Needs and opportunities for study series.

Needs and Opportunities for Study Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Colonies--America--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature and extent of that success are still unfolding. In this first comprehensive assessment of where research on prerevolutionary economy stands, what it seeks to achieve, and how it might best proceed, the authors discuss those areas in which traditional work remains to be done and address new possibilities for a 'new economic history.'

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Plan of the Argument; PART I. POINTS OF DEPARTURE; 1. Malthus and the Market: Approaches to the Economy of British America; 2. The Strategy of Economic Development: Mercantilism, Colonization, and the Navigation System; 3. The Course of Economic Growth: An Overview; 4. The Centrality of Trade; PART II. THE COLONIAL ECONOMY - A REGIONAL APPROACH; 5. New England and Atlantic Canada; 6. The Upper South; 7. The West Indies; 8. The Lower South; 9. The Middle Colonies; PART III. THE COLONIAL ECONOMY - A TOPICAL APPROACH

10. The Growth of Population11. The Colonial Labor Force, the Pattern of Urbanization, and the Spread of Settlement; 12. Wealth and Welfare; 13. Consumption, the Import Trade, and the Domestic Economy; 14. Early American Agriculture; 15. Colonial Manufacturing and Extractive Industries; 16. Government, Business, and the Colonial Economy; PART IV. CRISIS AND CHANGE; 17. Economic Growth, Revolution, and the Consequences of Independence; Appendixes; Bibliography; Supplementary Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Essay first presented at a conference held in Williamsburg at the Cascades Conference Center on Oct. 9-10, 1980.

Bibliography: p. [381]-459.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908867-7-4

979-88-908867-8-1

0-8078-4351-2

1-4696-1683-1

OCLC:

610195536