Description |
xxiv, 485 pages : map ; 25 cm. |
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Needs and opportunities for study series |
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Needs and opportunities for study series.
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Note |
Essay first presented at a conference held in Williamsburg at the Cascades Conference Center on Oct. 9-10, 1980. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-459) and index. |
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. |
Subject |
United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Economic conditions.
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British colonies. (OCoLC)fst01910374
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Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865 -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Economic conditions -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Chronological Term |
To 1865
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Added Author |
Menard, Russell R.
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Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)
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ISBN |
0807816353 |
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9780807816356 |
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0807843512 (pbk.) |
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9780807843512 (pbk.) |
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