TY - BOOK AU - McCusker,John J. AU - Menard,Russell R. ED - Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.) TI - The economy of British America, 1607-1789 T2 - Needs and opportunities for study series SN - 9781469616834 AV - HC104 .M38 1985 U1 - 330.973/02 19 PY - 1985/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - Colonial Period (1600-1775) KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Economics KW - General KW - Reference KW - British colonies KW - fast KW - Economic history KW - Economic conditions KW - To 1865 KW - Great Britain KW - Colonies KW - America KW - États-Unis KW - Conditions économiques KW - Jusqu'à 1865 KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Amérique KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-459) and index; Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Plan of the Argument; PART I. POINTS OF DEPARTURE; 1. Malthus and the Market: Approaches to the Economy of British America; 2. The Strategy of Economic Development: Mercantilism, Colonization, and the Navigation System; 3. The Course of Economic Growth: An Overview; 4. The Centrality of Trade; PART II. THE COLONIAL ECONOMY -- A REGIONAL APPROACH; 5. New England and Atlantic Canada; 6. The Upper South; 7. The West Indies; 8. The Lower South; 9. The Middle Colonies; PART III. THE COLONIAL ECONOMY -- A TOPICAL APPROACH; 10. The Growth of Population11. The Colonial Labor Force, the Pattern of Urbanization, and the Spread of Settlement; 12. Wealth and Welfare; 13. Consumption, the Import Trade, and the Domestic Economy; 14. Early American Agriculture; 15. Colonial Manufacturing and Extractive Industries; 16. Government, Business, and the Colonial Economy; PART IV. CRISIS AND CHANGE; 17. Economic Growth, Revolution, and the Consequences of Independence; Appendixes; Bibliography; Supplementary Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=965200 ER -