| A House Dividing Contributor(s): Majewski, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 052159023X ISBN-13: 9780521590235 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $77.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2000 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 385.097 |
| LCCN: 99028146 |
| Series: Studies in Economic History and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.29" W x 9.36" (1.00 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |