A Quantitative Study of American Colonial Shipping: A Summary*

Gary M. Walton

The Journal of Economic History, 1966, vol. 26, issue 4, 595-598

Abstract: It is widely accepted that improvements in transportation were an important feature of Western development. However, in contrast to the research undertaken on transportation after 1775, very little study has been undertaken on the development of transportation before the Revolution. The main theme of this study is productivity change in ocean shipping on colonial routes, 1675-1775. The primary objectives are twofold: to estimate the change of productivity and to determine the sources of that change.

Date: 1966
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