Early Modern Debts: 1550-1700 makes an important contribution to the history of debt and credit in Europe, creating new transnational and interdisciplinary perspectives on problems of debt, credit, trust, interest, and investment in early modern societies. The collection includes essays by...

Introduction: locating the property market -- The marketplace -- Market people -- Calculating the market -- States of marketability -- The limits of marketability -- Conclusion: "property for the million

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- I. Population and Economic Growth -- II. Foreign Trade -- SECTION ONE: Occupational Groups -- Introduction -- III. Farmers and Planters -- IV. Indentured Servants and Slaves -- V. Artisans and Merchants -- VI. Women in the Colonial Economy -- SECTION TWO:...