Książka House Dividing John Majewski

House Dividing

Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War

Autor: John Majewski
Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy
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A House Dividing compares Virginia and Pennsylvania to answer a crucial question of American history...

Informacje o książce

Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2000
strony
236
EAN
9780521590235
ISBN
052159023X
Enbook ID
02036515
Waga
47
Wymiary
152 x 229 x 17

Pełny opis

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, remained a collection of local lines without western connections. The lack of a great city that could provide capital and traffic for large-scale railroads was the Achilles' heel of Virginia's slave economy. The chains of slavery, Virginians learned to their dismay, also shackled the invisible hand of the market.

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