Engines of Enterprise: An Economic History of New England

by Peter Temin

Book Overview

New England's economy has a history as dramatic as any in the world. From an inauspicious beginning--as immigration ground to a halt in the eighteenth century--New England went on to lead the United States in its transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy. And when the rest of the country caught up in the mid-twentieth century, New England reinvented itself as a leader in the complex economy of the information society. Engines of Enterprise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674000994
• ISBN13: 9780674000995
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 9.0"