Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. FOUNDATIONS OF PROPERTY AND CREDIT
6. 1 Colonial Land Distribution and the Structure of British Colonial Commerce 21
7. 2 The Backbone of Credit: The Institutional Foundations of Colonial America’s Economy of Credit and Collateral 38
8. PART II. PROPERTY EXEMPTIONS: COMMODIFYING LAND AND SLAVES IN COLONIAL AMERICA
9. 3 English Property Law, the Claims of Creditors, and the Colonial Legal Transformation 59
10. 4 Parliamentary Authority over Creditors’ Claims 74
11. PART III. MANAGING RISK IN COLONIAL AMERICA
12. 5 Managing Risk through Property 93
13. PART IV. THE STAMP ACT, INDEPENDENCE, AND THE FOUNDING
14. 6 The Stamp Act and Legal and Economic Institutions 115
15. 7 Property Exemptions and the Abolition of the Fee Tail in the Founding Era 128
16. 8 Property and Credit in the Early Republic 146
17. 9 Property, Institutions, and Economic Growth in Colonial America 153
18. 10 Conclusion 166
19. Notes 169
20. Index 223
21. A Note on the type 231