Stumbling towards the constitution
Subtitle: the economic consequences of freedom in the Atlantic world
By: Jonathan M. Chu
Series: The new urban Atlantic
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780230340466
Subjects: History; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT); Economic aspects; Monetary policy; Economic conditions; Foreign economic relations; HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775); Free enterprise; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Description: "This book explores how Americans adjusted their economic behavior to new market incentives that resulted from the American Revolution. Jonathan Chu explores individual economic and legal behaviors, connecting them to adjustments in trade relations with Europe and Asia, the rise in debt litigation in Western Massachusetts, deflation and monetary illiquidity, and the Bank of North America"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.