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The Market for Manufactures in the Thirteen Continental Colonies, 1698-1776The Economic History Review
New Series, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1998)
, pp. 676-708 (33 pages)
Published By: Wiley
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Abstract
The growth of British exports to the 13 continental colonies has usually been associated with rising consumption. Shipments of merchandise, however, included producer goods that could be used in wealth-creating activities. During the 1740s colonial demands for consumer goods increased rapidly at the same time as demand for producer goods stagnated, but the shift partly reflected colonial success in producing domestic substitutes for items previously obtained through trade. Analysis of the relationship between exports of finished woollen textiles and textile-making materials indicates that the importation and production of manufactures in the colonies were activities that complemented each other.
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