Building the Bay Colony : local economy and culture in early Massachusetts / James E. McWilliams.

Author/creator McWilliams, James E.
Format Book
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction : all economics is local -- Getting lost in a new world -- Mapping the landscape -- Founding industries : fish and timber -- The persistence of tradition -- Founding forge : the impact of the Lynn ironworks -- The provincialism of young George Corwin -- Economic continuity and its contents -- The hidden benefits of local trade -- Back to business as usual in the Bay Colony -- Merchant anxiety and the local economy -- The local basis of international trade -- Epilogue : the Parsons and the Goulds.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-189) and index.
LCCN 2006038773
ISBN9780813926360 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081392636X (cloth : alk. paper)