Historians often consider transatlantic trade and the export of
staples to have been the driving forces behind economic development
in virtually all of colonial America. In "From the Ground Up: How
the Massachusetts Bay Colony Achieved Economic Success," James E.
McWilliams challenges this assumption, showing how internal
economic development, rather than exports that shareholders hoped
would provide a handsome return on their investments, actually
served as the backbone of the Massachusetts economy.
Starting with the basics -- the building of farms, fences,
stables, roads, and bridges -- McWilliams demonstrates through
careful analyses of farmer and merchant account books how these
small infrastructure improvements established the foundation for
more ambitious, overseas adventures. Using an intensely local lens,
McWilliams explores the century-long process whereby the
Massachusetts Bay Colony went from a distant outpost of the
incipient British Empire to a stable society integrated into the
transatlantic economy.
An inspiring story of men and women overcoming adversity to
build their own society, "From the Ground Up" reconceptualizes how
we have normally thought about New England's economic
development
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