Dr. McWilliams' new book on colonial Massachusetts is released on The University of Virginia Press.

Congratulations to Dr. James E. McWilliams, whose book Building the Bay Colony: Local Economy and Culture in Early Massachusetts , has just been released on The University of Virginia Press.

This book challenges the assumption that transatlantic trade and export of staples were the driving forces behind economic development in colonial America by showing how internal economic development, rather than exports that shareholders hoped would provide a handsome return on their investments, actually served as the backbone of the Massachusetts economy.



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