Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789, Vol. II. - Hardcover

Weedon, William B.

9780879280864: Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789, Vol. II.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879280867 ISBN 13: 9780879280864

Publisher: Corner House Publishers, 1978

Contents: The African Slave Trade The Period of Inflation New England Industries Easier Travel and general comfort Social life and customs Commerce after the treaty of Utrecht Outlawed piracy The merchant Amory construction and management of vessels General commerce Economy of the fisheries Peter Faneuil and the last generation of dependent colonists Commercial methods Ships, fish and foreign trade Social life of the faneuils Commerce from Louisburgh to Quebec Commerce of the period Rum, fisheries, ships Privateering and illegal trade Currency, manufactures, agriculture Social life Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin The Stamp Act and Rebellion The last Colonial Commerce Revolutionary Commerce The Greater Community forming itself into the USA The Commerce of the confederation The confederation seeking unity in the Republic

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