An Economic History of the United States: From 1607 to the PresentAn Economic History of the United States is an accessible and informative survey designed for undergraduate courses on American economic history. The book spans from 1607 to the modern age and presents a documented history of how the American economy has propelled the nation into a position of world leadership. Noted economic historian Ronald E. Seavoy covers nearly 400 years of economic history, beginning with the commercialization of agriculture in the pre-colonial era, through the development of banks and industrialization in the nineteenth century, up to the globalization of the business economy in the present day. |
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Page 17
... sharecropping or lease , they would not expend the ad- ditional labor required to grow enlarged harvests necessary to accumulate money needed to become landowners . The system of sharecrop cultivation that evolved in tidewater Virginia ...
... sharecropping or lease , they would not expend the ad- ditional labor required to grow enlarged harvests necessary to accumulate money needed to become landowners . The system of sharecrop cultivation that evolved in tidewater Virginia ...
Page 30
... sharecrop contracts were available from large landowners because they wanted land cleared preparatory to planting larger tobacco crops . Leasehold and sharecrop tenures made it possible for freemen to bargain to make minimal ...
... sharecrop contracts were available from large landowners because they wanted land cleared preparatory to planting larger tobacco crops . Leasehold and sharecrop tenures made it possible for freemen to bargain to make minimal ...
Page 208
... sharecrop cultivators . Landowners wanted upper strata peasants of either race as sharecrop tenants because they would produce larger harvests and larger shares for landowners . Black peasants were as stratified as white peasants and ...
... sharecrop cultivators . Landowners wanted upper strata peasants of either race as sharecrop tenants because they would produce larger harvests and larger shares for landowners . Black peasants were as stratified as white peasants and ...
Contents
Agriculture in the Southern Colonies | 25 |
Agriculture in the Northern Colonies | 33 |
North Atlantic Commercial Empire | 57 |
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