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How did the British Empire develop after the landing on the North American continent? Were the American colonies helpful to the British economy? How did American agricultural production change since the 17th century? These questions are dealt with in this book to inform the reader on basic topics concerning shipping, agriculture and socioeconomic development of the British colonies and their mothercountry.

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Vanessa Staudenhirz, Mag.phil. born in Wr. Neustadt, Austria studied History at the University of Vienna. Her fields are Economic and Global Histroy and lately mostly product history since Antiquity and Roman Archeaology, also due to working on projects in the City Museum Neunkirchen (NÖ).

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