1600-1754: Business and Communications
1600-1754: Chapter Three: Business and Communications
by ELIZABETH PRUDEN and TIMOTHY D. HALL
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 80
OVERVIEW 85
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Capital Investment 86
Currency 87
Communications 88
Gender 91
Feme Sole/Feme Covert 91
Indian Trading 92
Industry 93
Labor 95
A Shrewd Widow 96
Land Grants 97
Mercantilism 99
Slave Trade 100
Triangular Trade 101
Staple Economies 101
Transportation 103
HEADLINE MAKERS
Thomas Hancock 104
John Rolfe 106
PUBLICATIONS 106
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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