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The Weaning of the American Economy: Independence, Market Changes, and Economic Development

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Disagreement on the state of the economic health of the new nation has persisted since contemporary observers disputed over the changes wrought by the end of the War for Inpendence. In recent years, diagnosis has ranged from the gloomy picture of commercial depression painted by Curtis Nettels to the rather different evaluation of Merrill Jensen, who found the period “one of extraordinary economic growth.â€

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  • Bjork, Gordon C., 1964. "The Weaning of the American Economy: Independence, Market Changes, and Economic Development," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(4), pages 541-560, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:24:y:1964:i:04:p:541-560_06
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    1. Douglas A. Irwin & Richard Sylla, 2010. "The Significance of the Founding Choices: Editors' Introduction," NBER Chapters, in: Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, pages 1-21, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Bonfatti, Roberto, 2017. "The sustainability of empire in a global perspective: The role of international trade patterns," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 137-156.
    3. Rosenbloom, Joshua L., 2018. "The Colonial American Economy," ISU General Staff Papers 201802270800001039, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    4. Robert E. Lipsey, 1994. "U.S. Foreign Trade and the Balance of Payments, 1800-1913," NBER Working Papers 4710, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Getachew Jenber Feleke, 2022. "Industrialization Lessons to Africa and Other Developing Economies," International Journal of Science and Business, IJSAB International, vol. 16(1), pages 232-241.
    6. William Riker, 1987. "The lessons of 1787," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 55(1), pages 5-34, September.

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