Shipping, maritime trade, and the economic development of colonial North America /

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Shepherd, James F.
Weitere Verfasser: Walton, Gary M.
Format: Buch
Sprache:Inglés
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1972.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Colonial economic development: a suggested framework
  • 3. Colonial economic development and trade: an overview
  • 4. Colonial trade, distribution costs, and productivity change in shipping
  • 5. Sources of productivity change in shipping and distribution
  • 6. Overseas commodity trade, 1768-72
  • 7. The balance of trade and invisible earnings in overseas trade 1768-72
  • 8. The balance of payments, 1768-72
  • 9. Reinterpretations of issues in colonial history
  • Appendices
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.