In recent years, scholars in a number of disciplines have focused their attention on understanding the early American economy. This text enters the resurgent di
By the American Revolution, the farmers and city-dwellers of British America had achieved, individually and collectively, considerable prosperity. The nature an
The colonial era is especially appealing in regard to economic history because it represents a study in contrasts. The economy was exceptionally dynamic in term
The American economy has provided a level of well-being that has consistently ranked at or near the top of the international ladder. A key source of this succes
"Contesting the assumption that early American economists were committed to Adam Smith's ideas of free trade and small government, this book provides a comprehe