A House Dividing
Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War
A House Dividing compares Virginia and Pennsylvania to answer a crucial question of American history: how did slavery undermine the development of the southern economy? Extensive archival research reveals that in the first decades of the nineteenth century, local residents in each state financed transportation improvements to raise land values and spur commercial growth. In the 1830s, however, Philadelphia capitalists began financing Pennsylvania's railroad network, eventually building integrated systems that reached deep within the Midwest. Virginia's railroads, still dependent upon local investment and funds from the state government, remai…
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Weitere Autoren: John, Majewski / Galambos, Louis (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-02536-2
- EAN: 9780521025362
- Produktnummer: 2288926
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 236 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.4 cm 369 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 369
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