{"product_id":"from-dependency-to-independence-margaret-ellen-newell-9780801434051","title":"From Dependency to Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a sweeping synthesis of a crucial period of American history, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Dependency to Independence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e starts with the'problem'of New England's economic development.\u003c\/b\u003e As a struggling outpost of a powerful commercial empire, colonial New England grappled with problems familiar to modern developing societies: a lack of capital and managerial skills, a nonexistent infrastructure, and a domestic economy that failed to meet the inhabitants'needs or to generate exports. Yet, less than a century and a half later, New England staged the war for political independence and the industrial revolution. How and why did this transformation occur? Marshaling an enormous array of research data, Margaret Ellen Newell demonstrates that colonial New England's economic development and its leadership role in these two American revolutions were interrelated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Ellen Newell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080143405X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801434051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.31w x 1.14d","brand":"Margaret Ellen Newell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431316312319,"sku":"9780801434051","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c042ecc-b2e7-47c9-a277-7d17f320578e.jpg?v=1735140959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-dependency-to-independence-margaret-ellen-newell-9780801434051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}