The book is intended primarily to provide a critical introduction to large and controversial issues. Few of the questions it poses can yet be answered with any confidence since no primary sources are open after the mid-1950s and insufficient research has yet been published on economic...

"New World Economies is a valuable addition to the body of literature about economic development in eighteenth-century North America, and a much-needed comparative study of the British and French colonies. Egnal presents a cogent explanation for why the staple export thesis has not adequately...

In this paper I introduce the political context of New Caledonia and the specificity of its institutions. Among which, the institutionalised massive transfers from France to its dependency. I then proceed on explaining my theoretical development that links industrial entrepreneurs and...