1. Classic references on the staple theory include: R. E. Baldwin (1963) ‘Patterns of Development in Newly Settled Regions’, Manchester School, 24: 2, pp. 161–79;
2. R.E. Caves (1971) ‘Export-Led Growth and the New Economic History’, in J. Bhagwati et al. (eds) Trade, Balance of Payments, and Growth ( Amsterdam: North Holland Press), pp, 403–42;
3. W.A. Mackintosh (1923) ‘Economic Factors in Canadian History’, Canadian Historical Review, 4, pp. 12–25;
4. M.H. Watkins (1963) ‘A Staple Theory of Economic Growth’, Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, 29, pp. 141–58.
5. J. J. McCusker and R. R. Menard (1985) The Economy of British America, 1607–1789 ( Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press ), p. 18.