From Dependency to Independence: Economic Revolution in Colonial New EnglandIn 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 developing societies: a lack of capital and managerial skills, a nonexistent infrastructure, and a domestic economy that failed to meet the inhabitants' needs or to generate exports. Yet, less than a century and a half later, New England staged the war for political independence and the industrial revolution. How and why did this transformation occur Marshaling an enormous array of research data, Margaret Ellen Newell demonstrates that colonial New England's economic development and its leadership role in these two American revolutions were interrelated. |
Contents
The Problem of Economic Development in Colonial New England | 1 |
Political Economy Culture | 13 |
Regulation in the Wilderness | 36 |
The Promotional State | 51 |
vi | 53 |
Emulation of Empire | 72 |
Producers and Consumers | 84 |
Economy and Ideology in Provincial New England | 107 |
The Virtues of the Internal Economy | 156 |
The Political Culture of Paper Money | 181 |
From the Land Bank to the Currency Act | 214 |
The Political Economy of Revolution | 237 |
The Imperial Crisis | 266 |
The Consequences of Independence | 299 |
The Meaning of Development in New England | 317 |
Paper Money and Public Policy 16901714 | 127 |
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From Dependency to Independence: Economic Revolution in Colonial New England Margaret Ellen Newell No preview available - 2016 |
From Dependency to Independence: Economic Revolution in Colonial New England Margaret Ellen Newell No preview available - 2015 |