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Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts
James E. McWilliams
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Description for Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts
Hardcover. Explores the century-long process whereby the Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the transatlantic economy. This title demonstrates how small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for more ambitious, overseas adventures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Historians often consider transatlantic trade and the export of staples to have been the driving forces behind economic development in virtually all of colonial America. In ""Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts"", James E. McWilliams challenges this assumption, showing how internal economic development, rather than exports that shareholders hoped would provide a handsome return on their investments, actually served as the backbone of the Massachusetts economy. Starting with the basics - the building of farms, fences, stables, roads, and bridges - McWilliams demonstrates through careful analyses of farmer and merchant account books how these small ... Read more
Historians often consider transatlantic trade and the export of staples to have been the driving forces behind economic development in virtually all of colonial America. In ""Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts"", James E. McWilliams challenges this assumption, showing how internal economic development, rather than exports that shareholders hoped would provide a handsome return on their investments, actually served as the backbone of the Massachusetts economy. Starting with the basics - the building of farms, fences, stables, roads, and bridges - McWilliams demonstrates through careful analyses of farmer and merchant account books how these small ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813926360
SKU
V9780813926360
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Ref
99-1
About James E. McWilliams
James E. McWilliams, Assistant Professor of History at Texas State University - San Marcos, is the author of A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America.
Reviews for Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts
McWilliams has crafted a wonderful book. Through extensive research and lively prose he has constructed a complex and captivating picture of daily life in early New England. He has shown us why minute details about fish, grain, timber, and cloth are not just fun to read but important to understanding the broader historical developments in early American settlement. - Phyllis ... Read more