New world economies
Subtitle: the growth of the thirteen colonies and early Canada
By: Marc Egnal.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865; United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Canada -- Economic conditions -- To 1763
Description: 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's well-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 of which are based on original data. New World Economies will interest scholars and students of economic history, of American and French-Canadian colonial culture, and of transatlantic relations during the eighteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-219) and index.