CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS xi
3. TABLES AND CHARTS xv
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xvii
5. LIST OF CHIEF LIBRARIES CONTAINING HANCOCK MATERIAL xix
6. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION xxi
7. AUTHOR’S PREFACE xxvii
8. PART I. THOMAS HANCOCK, 1724–1764
9. CHAPTER I. Introduction to Thomas 3
10. CHAPTER II. Trade Without Money 11
11. CHAPTER III. From Bookseller to General Merchant, 1725–1735 39
12. CHAPTER IV. The Beginning of Roundabout Overseas Trade, c.1728–1738 45
13. CHAPTER V. Upsetting Forces, c. 1738 62
14. CHAPTER VI. The War of Jenkins’ Ear 1739–1744 78
15. CHAPTER VII. King George’s War, 1774–1748 92
16. CHAPTER VIII. Peace and Depression, 1748–1754 111
17. CHAPTER IX. The French and Indian War 1755–1763 129
18. CHAPTER Χ. A New Foreign Trade Policy 1763–August, 1764 162
19. CHAPTER XI. Everyday Business Life in Colonial Boston 184
20. PART II. JOHN HANCOCK, 1764–1775
21. CHAPTER XII. Change of Government 1764–1766 223
22. CHAPTER XIII. John’s Policy of Expansion 1766–1768 240
23. CHAPTER XIV. Non-Importation, 1768–1770 256
24. CHAPTER XV. The Death of the Business 1771–1775 279
25. CHAPTER XVI. Conclusions 293
26. INDEX 309