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A house dividing : = economic development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A house dividing :/ John Majewski.
Reminder of title:	economic development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War /
Author:	Majewski, John D.,
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Railroads - History - 19th century. - Pennsylvania -
Subject:	Pennsylvania - Economic conditions. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511528699
ISBN:	9780511528699 (ebook)

A house dividing : = economic development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War /
Majewski, John D.,1965-

A house dividing :economic development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War /John Majewski. - 1 online resource (xvii, 214 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Studies in economic history and policy. - Studies in economic history and policy..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction: Regional Development in Comparative Perspective --1.

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.

ISBN: 9780511528699 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

799360
Railroads
--History--Pennsylvania--19th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

799357
Pennsylvania
--Economic conditions.

LC Class. No.: HE2771.P4 / M35 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 330.9748/03

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