From dependency to independence
Subtitle: economic revolution in colonial New England
By: Margaret Ellen Newell.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: New England -- Economic conditions.; New England -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Description: Marshaling an enormous array of research data, Margaret Ellen Newell demonstrates that colonial New England's economic development and its leadership role in these two American revolutions were interrelated.

After a disastrous depression in 1640, New Englanders aggressively sought out markets overseas and began to develop a nascent manufacturing economy - all with the aid of town and provincial governments, which fostered economic growth through a wide range of promotional programs, culminating in the emission of paper currency.

Newell analyzes the colonists' discourse and finds that by the mid-eighteenth century many New Englanders were committed to a vision of a diverse, developed economy that put them on a collision course with English interests and policies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.