A planters' republic: the search for economic independence in revolutionary Virginia

Confronted by an increasingly restrictive imperial policy and mounting debt with England, Virginians envisioned the development of an independent economy safe from the constraints of parliamentary regulation and the influence of British merchants

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Ragsdale, Bruce A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Madison Madison House 1996
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:Confronted by an increasingly restrictive imperial policy and mounting debt with England, Virginians envisioned the development of an independent economy safe from the constraints of parliamentary regulation and the influence of British merchants
Pressed by debt and a declining economy, Virginia planters formed economic associations dedicated to protecting domestic agriculture and promoting local manufactures. Independence, they understood, was as much an economic condition as a political one
In this exciting reinterpretation of Virginia's path to Revolution, Bruce Ragsdale follows one colony's efforts to break economically with England and shows how this movement to become self-sufficient solidified into the political resistance that led to war
Beschreibung:XIV, 305 S. Ill.
ISBN:0945612400

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Fernleihe Bestellen Achtung: Nicht im THWS-Bestand!