Shipping, Maritime Trade and the Economic Development of Colonial North America (Paperback)

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.