INTRODUCTION 1
Ⅰ．The Land and its Resources 1
Ⅱ．Exploration and Colonization 17
PART Ⅰ COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT 36
Ⅲ．Agriculture and Land Tenure 36
Ⅳ．Colonial Industries 53
Ⅴ．The Systems of Labor 65
Ⅵ．Population and Communication 76
PART Ⅱ STRUGGLE FOR COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE (1763-1808) 90
Ⅶ．English Colonial Theory and Policy 90
Ⅷ．American Commerce and Commercial Policy 105
Ⅸ．Neutrality and Foreign Trade 120
Ⅹ．Cotton and Slavery．Agriculture 133
Ⅺ．Introduction of Manufactures 148
PART Ⅲ THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT (1808-1860) 162
Ⅻ．The Domestication of the Factory System (1808-1840) 162
ⅩⅢ．The Growth of the Factory System (1840-1860) 176
ⅩⅣ．The Westward Movement 189
ⅩⅤ．Transportation ang internal improvements(1808-1840) 205
ⅩⅥ．Shipping and Inland Commerce (1840-1860) 222
ⅩⅦ．Currency and Banking 237
ⅩⅧ．Population and Labor 251
ⅩⅨ．Public Lands and Agriculture (1808-1840) 263
ⅩⅩ．The Application of Machinery to Agriculture (1840-1860) 277
ⅩⅪ．Slavery and the South 290
PART Ⅳ ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (1860-1912) 306
ⅩⅫ．The Production and Export of Food and Raw Materials (1860-1880) 306
ⅩⅩⅢ．Agriculture as a Business (1880-1912) 327
ⅩⅩⅣ．Transportation and Communication (1860-1880) 348
ⅩⅩⅤ．Railroads and Internal Commerce (1880-1912) 362
ⅩⅩⅥ．Currency and Banking (1860-1912) 385
ⅩⅩⅦ．Manufacturing for Home Use (1860-1880) 407
ⅩⅩⅧ．Manufacturing on a Large Scale (1880-1912) 424
ⅩⅩⅨ．Industrial Combinations 452
ⅩⅩⅩ．The Emergence of the Labor Problem (1860-1880) 472
ⅩⅩⅪ．Labor and Labor Organizations (1880-1912) 488
ⅩⅩⅫ．Commercial Expansion 508
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．Conservation and Conclusions 523
Bibliography 541
INDEX 575