Colonial ports, global trade, and the roots of the American Revolution (1700-1776) / by Jeremy Land.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Land, Jeremy, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Library of economic history ; 1877-3206 v. 18.

Library of economic history, 1877-3206 ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Commerce--History--18th century.

United States.

Great Britain--Colonies--Commerce--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

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

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Boston : Brill, [2023]

Contents:

Introduction. Historical Background; Outline

The Port Complex of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. The Regional Complex of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia; Complementarity and Competition; Imperial Constraints and Limits; Conclusion

Merchants and Mercantile Networks. Merchants and Communities; Local Capital Investment in Trade; Networks and the Regional Complex; Mechanisms of Trade; Merchants and the Political Economy; Conclusion

Trade and Commodities. Imports; East Asian Goods; Exports; Sugar; Mechanisms of Consumption and Demand; Conclusion

Inter-colonial Trade. Quantifying and Defining Inter-colonial Trade; Coastal and North American Trade; West Indies Trade; Conclusion

Trans-imperial Trade. Defining Trans-imperial Trade; Legal(?) Trade; Smuggling; Supplying Demand for East Asian Goods; Transcending Imperial Borders in the Colonial Arena; Lisbon-Philadelphia Trade; Conclusion

"Salutary Neglect" and the Origins of Independence. "Salutary Neglect" and Imperial Control; Colonial Merchants as Competitors with English Merchants; The Seven Years' War and the 1760s; Economic Implications of Renewed Imperial Control; Regional Merchants and Collective Resistance; Britain's Military Occupation of Boston and the Sparks of War; Conclusion

Conclusion: Revolution or a Battle for Free Trade?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on resource, viewed August 18, 2023.

Other Format:

Print version Land, Jeremy Colonial ports, global trade, and the roots of the American revolution (1700-1776)

ISBN:

9789004542709

9004542701

Publisher Number:

40032045550

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