Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-390) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Economic Culture of Puritan New England -- Puritanism, Capitalism, and the "Human Capital" Question -- An "Honest Gaine": John Smith, John Winthrop, and the Political Economy of Colonization -- The Protestant Ethic and the Culture of Discipline -- The Ethics of Exchange, Price Controls, and the Case of Robert Keayne -- "That Ancient Republican Independent Spirit": Civil Society and Economic Development in the Winthrop Era -- The Puritan Ironworks -- The Making of Maritime New England.
Summary
Describes how the Puritan culture of New England gave rise to capitalism, and recounts how the small colony developed an international economy.
