Three classics : Lawrence A. Harper The English navigation laws; a seventeenth-century experiment in social engineering New York, Columbia University Press, 1939 Charles M. Andrews The colonial period of American history Volume IV. England’s commercial and colonial policy Yale University Press, 1938 Oliver Morton Dickerson The navigation acts and the American Revolution Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951 -- Jon Kukla www.JonKukla.com Online interview : http://www.virginiavoice.org/celebrity.html On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Bill Crews <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a comprehensive... or even good... source for the > legal restrictions Britain placed on colonial trade and manufacturing prior > to 1755. For instance, it was illegal to export bar iron produced in the > colonies and it was illegal to manufacture items such as pots, firebacks, > andirons, etc. > > Bill Crews > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html