Money, Mercantilism and Empire in the Early English Atlantic, 1607-1697

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dc.contributor.advisorKierner, Cynthia A.
dc.contributor.authorBarth, Jonathan Edward
dc.creatorBarth, Jonathan Edward
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-18T01:53:13Z
dc.date.available2014-09-18T01:53:13Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractMoney was one of the most contested issues between England and its American colonies in the seventeenth century: the common denominator impelling each side of a transatlantic drama. The currency-rooted conflict was a principal offshoot of mercantilism, the most foundational theory of empire in the early modern period. Acting in accordance to mercantilist theory, imperial officials sought to mold colonial commerce so as to privilege the monetary interests of England. But the colonists too wanted money, and recurrently engaged in acts of economic and political resistance to an imperial policy of monetary subordination. Only with the post-revolutionary settlement of the 1690s did the conflict partially resolve itself, with the generality of American colonists now tolerating a greater degree of economic and monetary sacrifice for the greater good of empire.
dc.format.extent660 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8852
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Jonathan Edward Barth
dc.subjectAmerican history
dc.subjectEconomic history
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectBoston
dc.subjectColonial America
dc.subjectCurrency
dc.subjectEmpire
dc.subjectMercantilism
dc.subjectMoney
dc.titleMoney, Mercantilism and Empire in the Early English Atlantic, 1607-1697
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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