Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Maps; I. The Shaping of Regional Societies, 1750s to 1850s; 1. Introduction: The Paths Diverge; 2. Eighteenth-Century Perceptions; 3. Peasants and Freeholders; 4. Religion and Labor; 5. Mobility and Education; 6. Entrepreneurial Spirit in the North and South; 7. Entrepreneurial Spirit in French Canada; 8. Intellectual Life; II. From the 1860s to the 1990s; 9. The Gap Widens: 1860s to 1940; 10. The Paths Converge: 1940 to 1975; 11. The Post-Industrial Economy, 1975 to the 1990s; A Concluding Note; Appendices
Appendix A. Some Thorny Concepts: Capitalism, the Capitalist Spirit, and the Household EconomyAppendix B. Three Farms in 1750; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
This study of North American economic history argues that culture and institutions play an integral role in determining economic outcome. It focuses its examination on the eight colonies of the North, five colonies of the South (which together made up the original 13 states) and French Canada
