L'organisation de l'espace économique dans le Nord-Est des États-Unis après la guerre d'Indépendance

摘要

The Distribution of Immigrants and Organisation of Space in the North-Eastern United States in 1813. Recent studies of rural New England have shown how textile production was commercialized there from the mid-eighteenth century on, showing as well its key role in the rise of a domestic economy, its links with urban merchant financing, and the gradual evolution towards urban production locations. It is suggested here that this model cannot be generalized. Within the tri-state New York City area prior the 1820s, the major seaboard city and its hinterland were relatively separate in terms of economic activity, growth rates and immigrant groups. Despite the importance of rural textile production, New York City's merchant involvement in it was highly selective, rein-forced traditional modes of rural production, and may well have inhibited the growth of towns. The new spatial distribution oflabor that emerged in the 1820s reflected a new relation: the historical if not chronological end of the eighteenth century.