Building the Bay Colony : local economy and culture in early Massachusetts / James E. McWilliams.
| Author/creator | McWilliams, James E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007. |
| Description | xi, 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-189) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006038773 |
| ISBN | 9780813926360 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 081392636X (cloth : alk. paper) |