Dissertation Abstracts

Dissertation Abstracts
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1963
Genre: Dissertations, Academic
ISBN:

Abstracts of dissertations and monographs in microform.

The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60

The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60
Author: George R. Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2015-06-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317454189

Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and rapid growth of transportation across the USA in the mid-1800s.

The Roots of American Industrialization

The Roots of American Industrialization
Author: David R. Meyer
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2003-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780801871412

Farms that were on poor soil and distant from markets declined, whereas other farms successfully adjusted production as rural and urban markets expanded and as Midwestern agricultural products flowed eastward after 1840. Rural and urban demand for manufactures in the East supported diverse industrial development and prosperous rural areas and burgeoning cities supplied increasing amounts of capital for investment.