Shipping, maritime trade and the economic development of colonial North America

La 4e de couv. indique : "Originally published in 1972, this study is of the North American colonial economy from the middle of the seventeenth century to the American Revolution, with emphasis on the later years. The authors use quantitative analysis to prove that productivity was increasing n...

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Auteurs principaux : Shepherd James F. (Auteur), Walton Gary M. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Shipping, maritime trade and the economic development of colonial North America / by James F. Shepherd and Gary M. Walton
Publié : Cambridge : Cambridge university press , 1972
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-255 pages)
Sujets :
  • Colonial economic development: a suggested framework
  • Colonial economic development and trade: an overview
  • Colonial trade, distribution costs, and productivity change in shipping
  • Sources of productivity change in shipping and distribution
  • Overseas commodity trade, 1768 72
  • The balance of trade and invisible earnings in overseas trade 1768 72
  • The balance of payments, 1768 72
  • Reinterpretations of issues in colonial history