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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784859503321

Autore

Egnal Marc

Titolo

New world economies [[electronic resource] ] : the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada / / Marc Egnal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-771497-8

1-280-52951-2

0-19-535413-3

1-4294-0443-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

330.973/02

Soggetti

Economics

United States Economic conditions To 1865

United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Canada Economic conditions To 1763

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.189-219).

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: A Brief March through the Thickets of Economic Theory; PART I: THE THIRTEEN COLONIES; PART II: CANADA UNDER THE FRENCH REGIME; APPENDICES; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

New World Economies: The Growth of the Thirteen Colonies and Early Canada examines the economic development of both the original American colonies and early French Canada, looking at the impact of changing prices, capital flows, and shifts in demand. It is a companion volume to Marc Egnal's well-regarded earlier book, Divergent Paths, which emphasized the influence of culture and institutions upon growth. New World Economies studies transatlantic ties and sets forth a rigorous model to explain the pattern of growth. It features seventeen tables and more than one hundred graphs, many ofwhich are