Engines of Enterprise

An Economic History of New England

Peter Temin

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction
    Peter Temin

    The Birth of New England in the Atlantic Economy: From Its Beginning to 1770
    Margaret Ellen Newell

    The Invention of American Capitalism: The Economy of New England in the Federal Period
    Winifred Barr Rothenberg

    The Industrialization of New England, 1830-1880
    Peter Temin

    The Challenges of Economic Maturity: New England, 1880-1940
    Joshua L. Rosenbloom

    The Transition from a Mill-Based to a Knowledge-Based Economy: New England, 1940-2000
    Lynn Elaine Browne and Steven Sass

    Reflections on the Origins, Development, and Future of the New England Economy

    Slavery and Population Growth in Colonial New England
    Bernard Bailyn

    New England Industry and the Federal Government
    Merritt Roe Smith

    The Future of New England
    Paul Krugman

    Notes

    Contributors

    Index

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Peter Temin is Elisha Gray II Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.