The Market and Massachusetts Farmers, 1750–1855

1 June 1981

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Economic History

Vol. 41 (2) , 283-314
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022050700043588

Abstract

This paper attempts to make a contribution, both in method and in substance, to the debate about the timing and extent of market orientation in pre-industrial New England agriculture. The method consists in testing five quantifiable hypotheses, with data from manuscript account books and daybooks. The results, in repeated trials, confirm the influence of the market on the rural economy of Massachusetts from very early on.

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