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In Irons - Britain`s Naval Supremacy and the American Revolutionary Economy (Paperback)
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In Irons - Britain`s Naval Supremacy and the American Revolutionary Economy (Paperback)
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A sailing ship that becomes stalled with its bow to the wind is
said to be "in irons." In this groundbreaking examination of
America`s Revolutionary War economy, the phrase is an apt metaphor
for the inability of that economy to free itself from the
constraints of Britain`s navy. Richard Buel Jr. here investigates
for the first time the influence of Britain`s navy on the American
revolutionary economy, particularly its agricultural sector, and
the damage that Britain inflicted by seizing major colonial centers
and denying Americans access to overseas markets. Drawing on
documents newly culled from American, British, and French archives,
the author shows how the French alliance, naval operations in the
Atlantic and Caribbean, military operations in North America, and
the policies of state and continental authorities contributed to
the collapse and then revival of the revolutionary economy. Buel
places the American economy in international context and discusses
how both Spain and France created the conditions-though sometimes
inadvertently-that bolstered the economic survival of the infant
republic.
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