Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-241) and index.
Contents
An overview -- 1. Population and society in the North -- 2. The process of economic development -- 3. The social synthesis: wealth, authority, and power -- 4. The crisis of American colonial society -- 5. War and social change -- 6. Preindustrial America: the maturation -- A final perspective -- Suggestions for further reading -- Index.
