| A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War Contributor(s): Majewski, John D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521025362 ISBN-13: 9780521025362 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $37.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Professor Majewski compares Virginia and Pennsylvania to explain how slavery undermined the development of the southern economy. In the beginning of the nineteenth century, residents in each state financed transportation improvements to raise land values and spur commercial growth. However, by the 1830s, Philadelphia capitalists began financing Pennsylvania's railroad network, building integrated systems that reached the Midwest. Virginia's railroads remained a collection of lines without western connections. The lack of a major city that could provide capital and traffic for large-scale railroads was the weakness of Virginia's slave economy. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9" (0.77 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |