Securing the commonwealth debt, speculation, and writing in the making of early America - Baker, Jennifer J. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index
1: New world ventures -- Crisis and faith in the Puritan Society -- Making much of nothing in the Chesapeake -- 2: The price of independence -- Benjamin Franklin's projections -- Performing redemption on the national stage -- 3: Bonds of the new nation -- Arthur Mervyn and the reader's investments -- The medium between calculation and feeling
Keywords: 1600 - 1799; Geschichte 1700-1800; Littérature américaine / ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) / Histoire et critique; Politique et littérature / États-Unis / Histoire / 18e siècle; Impérialisme dans la littérature; Économie politique dans la littérature; Colonies dans la littérature; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Amerikaans; Bellettrie; Schulden; Openbare schulden; Economische groei; Gemeenschapszin; American literature / Colonial period; Colonies in literature; Economics in literature; Imperialism in literature; Intellectual life; Politics and literature; Geschichte; American literature -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- History and criticism; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Literatur; Wirtschaft -- Motiv; USA; Neuengland