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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Prologue; Part I Introduction 1600-1815: From Pre-Contact to the Treaty of Vienna; 1 Beverstad; Two Late Woodlands Cultures; Commonalities; Distinctions; Early Modern Europe; Labor and Land; Transformations; Dutch Exceptionalism; Under and Over the Water; The Business of Geopolitics; Expensive Labor; New Netherland; The Beaver Pelt Market; Demand; Supply; Market Mechanisms: The Economics of Wampum; Market Structure; Which Indians' Territories?; Which Market Centers?; Which European Merchants?
The WIC's Search for a Business ModelThe Peopling Problem; Equilibrium Market Structure; The Population: Who Came? Who Didn't? Why?; The Pull: Why the Fur Trade Mattered Most; The Push; Demographic Diversity; The Market for Land or What Did 24 Signify?; The New Amsterdam Economy at the End of the Dutch Rule; References; 2 An Island in the Center of Its Hinterland; Sugar and the Atlantic Economy; Economic Takeoff; The Preconditions; The Primary and Supplementary Growth Sectors; Derived Growth Sectors; The New York Hinterland's Slow Start; Farmland and Farmers; To the Manor Borne?
A Central PlaceHow "Central" Was New York City; The Political Economy of Centrality; References; 3 Port and Entrepôt; The Risks; Spreading the Risks; Selecting Ventures and Counterparties: Information Asymmetries and Business Networks; Public Policy: Helpful vs. Unhelpful, Effective vs. Ineffective; Geopolitics; "Mercantilism"; Monetary Policy Avant la Lettre; Early Republican Financial Policy; Colonial Era Public Policy: An Assessment; Conclusion; References; Part II Introduction 1815-1924: The Displaced Nineteenth Century; 4 Catastrophic Agglomeration; The Centripetal Tip
System Control Variables: 1825-1850Transportation Cost; Industrial Production; Population Size and Diversity; Agglomeration, but Where?; References; 5 A Port in Time; Cotton Was the New Sugar; The Rise of New York Port; War and Peace; Orders vs. Auctions; The Packets; The Cotton Triangle; Maritime Services; Cotton and Credit; The Canal and the Hinterland; Was There Any Plausible Competition?; Conclusion; References; 6 Manufacturing Employment at Mid-Century; Unsurprisingly Large; Surprisingly Small; Antebellum Manufacturing in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston
Transportation Cost-Sensitive IndustriesUrban Growth Industries: Stonework and Gas; Port-Related, Directly and Indirectly; Bread and Crackers; Printing and Publishing; Ready-Made Clothing; Other Fashion Industries; Early Adopters' Advantage; Cotton Goods; Footwear; Specialty Textiles: Hosiery & Carpets; Nails; Cigars; Hats and Caps; Persistence of the Patterns; Composition and Size; References; 7 Huddled Masses of Rational Optimizers; The Transatlantic Decision; The Trans-Appalachian Decision; References; 8 The Attractions of the Slums; The New York City Decision
The WIC's Search for a Business ModelThe Peopling Problem; Equilibrium Market Structure; The Population: Who Came? Who Didn't? Why?; The Pull: Why the Fur Trade Mattered Most; The Push; Demographic Diversity; The Market for Land or What Did 24 Signify?; The New Amsterdam Economy at the End of the Dutch Rule; References; 2 An Island in the Center of Its Hinterland; Sugar and the Atlantic Economy; Economic Takeoff; The Preconditions; The Primary and Supplementary Growth Sectors; Derived Growth Sectors; The New York Hinterland's Slow Start; Farmland and Farmers; To the Manor Borne?
A Central PlaceHow "Central" Was New York City; The Political Economy of Centrality; References; 3 Port and Entrepôt; The Risks; Spreading the Risks; Selecting Ventures and Counterparties: Information Asymmetries and Business Networks; Public Policy: Helpful vs. Unhelpful, Effective vs. Ineffective; Geopolitics; "Mercantilism"; Monetary Policy Avant la Lettre; Early Republican Financial Policy; Colonial Era Public Policy: An Assessment; Conclusion; References; Part II Introduction 1815-1924: The Displaced Nineteenth Century; 4 Catastrophic Agglomeration; The Centripetal Tip
System Control Variables: 1825-1850Transportation Cost; Industrial Production; Population Size and Diversity; Agglomeration, but Where?; References; 5 A Port in Time; Cotton Was the New Sugar; The Rise of New York Port; War and Peace; Orders vs. Auctions; The Packets; The Cotton Triangle; Maritime Services; Cotton and Credit; The Canal and the Hinterland; Was There Any Plausible Competition?; Conclusion; References; 6 Manufacturing Employment at Mid-Century; Unsurprisingly Large; Surprisingly Small; Antebellum Manufacturing in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston
Transportation Cost-Sensitive IndustriesUrban Growth Industries: Stonework and Gas; Port-Related, Directly and Indirectly; Bread and Crackers; Printing and Publishing; Ready-Made Clothing; Other Fashion Industries; Early Adopters' Advantage; Cotton Goods; Footwear; Specialty Textiles: Hosiery & Carpets; Nails; Cigars; Hats and Caps; Persistence of the Patterns; Composition and Size; References; 7 Huddled Masses of Rational Optimizers; The Transatlantic Decision; The Trans-Appalachian Decision; References; 8 The Attractions of the Slums; The New York City Decision