The Cambridge Economic History of the United States, Vol. 1: The Colonial Era (Volume 1)

In the past several decades there has been a significant increase in our knowledge of the economic history of the United States. This three-volume History has been designed to take full account of new knowledge in the subject, while at the same time offering a comprehensive survey of the history of economic activity and change in the United States. This first volume surveys the economic history of British North America, including Canada and the Caribbean, and of the early United States, from early settlement by Europeans to the end of the eighteenth century. The book includes chapters on the economic history of Native Americans (to 1860), and also on the European and African backgrounds to colonization. Subsequent chapters cover the settlement and growth of the colonies, including special surveys of the northern colonies, the southern colonies, and the West Indies (to 1850). Other chapters discuss British mercantilist policies and the American colonies; and the American Revolution, the constitution, and economic developments through 1800. Volumes II and III will cover, respectively, the economic history of the nineteenth century and the twentieth century In The Past Several Decades There Has Been A Significant Increase In Our Knowledge Of The Economic History Of The United States. This Has Come About In Part Because Of The Development In Economic History, Most Particularly With The Emergence Of The Statistical And Analytical Contributions Of The New Economic History, And In Part Because Of Related Developments In Social, Labor, And Political History That Have Important Implications For The Understanding Of Economic Change. The Cambridge Economic History Of The United States Has Been Designed To Take Full Account Of New Knowledge In The Subject, While At The Same Time Offering A Comprehensive Survey Of The History Of Economic Activity And Economic Change In The United States, And In Those Regions Whose Economies Have At Certain Times Been Closely Allied To That Of The United States: Canada And The Caribbean. - Publisher. V. 1. The Colonial Era. -- V. 2. The Long Ninetenth Century. -- V. 3. The Twentieth Century. Edited By Stanley L. Engerman, Robert E. Gallman. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The economic history of North America began thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans, as the ancestors of modern Indians dispersed over the continent to nearly every kind of environmental setting and then, over time, elaborated and modified their various ways of life. This three volume work offers a comprehensive survey of the history of economic activity and economic change in the United States, and in those regions whose economies have at certain times been closely allied to that of the US v. 1. The Colonial era v. 2. The long nineteenth century v. 3. The twentieth century.