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From dependency to independence : economic revolution in colonial New England /
In a sweeping synthesis of a crucial period of American history, From Dependency to Independence starts with the "problem" of New England's economic development. As a struggling outpost of a powerful commercial empire, colonial New England grappled with problems familiar to modern dev...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press,
[2015].
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The Problem of Economic Development in Colonial New England
- Part I. Political Economy, Culture, and Development in the Seventeenth Century
- Chapter 1. "A Second England": English Background and Plans for Settlement
- Chapter 2. Regulation in the Wilderness
- Chapter 3. The Promotional State
- Chapter 4. Emulation of Empire
- Chapter 5. Producers and Consumers
- Part II. Economy and Ideology in Provincial New England
- Chapter 6. The Idea of Money in Seventeenth-Century England and America
- Chapter 7. Paper Money and Public Policy, 1690--1714
- Chapter 8. "A Poor Dependent State": The Argument for Retrenchment
- Chapter 9. The Virtues of the Internal Economy
- Chapter 10. The Political Culture of Paper Money
- Chapter 11. From the Land Bank to the Currency Act
- Part III. The Political Economy of Revolution
- Chapter 12. Development at Mid-Century
- Chapter 13. The Imperial Crisis
- Chapter 14. The Consequences of Independence
- Epilogue: The Meaning of Development in New England.