Author: Thomas D. ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
The Ante Bellum South, 1825-1860
Author: Thomas D. ClarkThe Ante Bellum South, 1825-1860
Author: Thomas Dionysius ClarkPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Travels in the Old South
Author: Thomas Dionysius ClarkTravels in the Old South: The ante-bellum South, 1825-1860: cotton, slavery, and conflict
Author: Thomas Dionysius ClarkPublisher:
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Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Travels in the Old South: The ante-bellum South, 1825-1860: cotton, slavery, and conflict
Author: Thomas Dionysius ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Travels in the Old South
Author: Thomas Dionysius, ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Travels in the Old South
Author: Thomas Dionysius ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Travels in the Old South
Author: A Most Magnificent Machine
Author: Craig MinerPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700617558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War. In this first social history of the early railroads, Miner reveals how ordinary Americans experienced this innovation at the grass roots, from boosters' dreams of get-rich schemes to naysayers' fears of soulless corporations. Drawing on an amazing 400,000 articles from 185 newspapers-plus more than 3,000 books and pamphlets from the era-he documents the initial burst of enthusiasm accompanying early railroading as it took shape in various settings across the country. Miner examines the cultural, economic, and political aspects of this broad and complicated topic while remaining rooted in the local interests of communities. He takes readers back to the days of the Mauch Chunk Railway, a tourist sensation of the mid-1820s, navigates the mixed reactions to trains as Baltimore's city fathers envisioned tracks to the Ohio River, shows how Pennsylvanians wrestled with the efficacy of railroads versus canals, and describes the intense rivalry of cities competing for trade as old transportation patterns were replaced by the new rail technology. Miner samples individual railroads to compare progress across the industry, showing how it became a quintessentially American business-and how the Panic of 1837 significantly slowed the railways as a major engine of growth for many years. He also explores the impact of railroads on different regions, even disproving the backwardness of the South by citing the Central of Georgia as one of the best-managed and most profitable lines in the country. Through this panoramic work, readers will discover just how the benefits of what became the country's first big business triumphed over cultural concerns, though not without considerable controversy along the way. By identifying citizens' hopes and fears sparked by the railroads, A Most Magnificent Machine takes readers down the tracks of progress as it opens a new window on antebellum America.
The Economics of Slavery
Author: John R. MeyerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351304429
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
How are economists and historians to explain what happened in history? What statistical inferences can be drawn from historical data? The authors believe that explanation in history can be identified with the problems of prediction in a probabilistic universe. Using this approach, the historian can act upon his a priori information and his judgment of what is unique and particular in each past event, even with data hitherto considered to be intractable for statistical treatment. In essence, the book is an argument for and a demonstration of the point of view that the restricted approach of "measurement without theory" is not necessary in history, or at least not necessary in economic history. After two chapters of theoretical introduction, the authors explore the meanings and implications of evidence, explanation and proof in history by applying econometric methods to the analysis of three major problems in 19th century economic history--the profitability of slavery in the antebellum South, income growth and development in the United States during the 1800's, and The Great Depression in the British economy; also included is a postscript on growth reassessing some current arguments in the light of the findings of these papers. The book presents an original and provocative approach to historical problems that have long plagued economists and historians and provides the reader with a new approach to these and similar questions.