Commonwealth

A Study of the Role of Government in the American Economy: Massachusetts, 1774-1861

Oscar Handlin

Mary Flug Handlin

    The Handlins have broken a path into an area of American economic history too long neglected. They have cleared out many misconceptions concerning corporate techniques, and they have given their readers a thesis which should be an inspiration for further investigation.
       --Journal of Economic History

    The authors have carried through a difficult task thoroughly and effectively. They have illuminated a hitherto dark corner of American economic history and have contributed significantly to our understanding of the development of life and society in Massachusetts.
       --New England Quarterly

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Oscar Handlin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, is Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Emeritus, Harvard University. He is the editor of This Was America.

Mary Handlin is Research Editor, Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America, Harvard University.