Frontmatter -- Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. The Role of the International Banker -- Part One. The Historical Narrative -- II. Growth and Expansion -- III. New Strategies -- IV. Specializing in Finance -- V. The Mature Firm -- Part Two. The Functional...

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:...