Engines of Enterprise - An Economic History of New England : An Economic History of New England

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(10) Peter Temin The Birth of New England in the Atlantic Economy: From Its Beginning to 1770 11(58) Margaret Ellen Newell The Invention of American Capitalism: The Economy of New England in the Federal Period 69(40) Winifred Barr Rothenberg The Industrialization of New England, 1830--1880 109(44) Peter Temin The Challenges of Economic Maturity: New England, 1880--1940 153(48) Joshua L. Rosenbloom The Transition from a Mill-Based to a Knowledge-Based Economy: New England, 1940--2000 201(76) Lynn Elaine Browne Steven Sass Reflections on the Origins, Development, and Future of the New England Economy Slavery and Population Growth in Colonial New England 253(8) Bernard Bailyn New England Industry and the Federal Government 261(8) Merritt Roe Smith The Future of New England 269(8) Paul Krugman Notes 277(30) Contributors 307(2) Index 309