The Emergence of a National Economy, 1775-1815

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development of agriculture, transportation, labour movements and the factory system, foreign and domestic commerce, technology and the ramifications of slavery.

Autorentext

Curtis P. Nettels

Inhalt

I: The Disruption of the Colonial Economy; II: The Genesis of a National Economy; III: Postwar Trade and Depression; IV: Depression Remedies; V: The Economics of the Constitution; VI: The Federalist Program; VII: The People and the Land; VIII: The Ways of the Pioneers; IX: Southern Staples and Slavery; X: Reaching Outward; XI: A Balance Sheet of Foreign Trade; XII: The Spirit of Improvement; XIII: Labor and Industry; XIV: The Evolution of Business; XV: Economic Aspects of Jeffersonian Democracy