New world economies : the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada / Marc Egnal
- Author
- Egnal, Marc
- Published
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 236 pages) : illustrations
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- 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.
- Summary
- 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'swell-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.
- Subject(s)
- To 1865
- POLITICAL SCIENCE—Economic Conditions
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Economics—Comparative
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Economic Conditions
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS—Economic History
- Economic history
- Economische situatie
- Economische groei
- United States—Economic conditions—To 1865
- United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Canada—Economic conditions—To 1763
- États-Unis—Conditions économiques—Jusqu'à 1865
- États-Unis—Histoire—ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
- Canada—Conditions économiques—Jusqu'à 1763
- Canada
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780195354133 (electronic bk.)
0195354133 (electronic bk.)
1280529512
9781280529511
9786610529513
6610529515
1429404434
9781429404433
0195114825 (Cloth)
9780195114829 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-219) and index.
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