The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60

Name: The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60
ISBN: 9781315698885

doi:10.4324/9781315698885

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ABSTRACT

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 Transportation Revolution, 1815-60

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter I

Merchant Capitalism, 1815

chapter II|17 pages

Roads and Bridges

chapter III|24 pages

The Canal Era

chapter IV|18 pages

Steamboats on River, Lake, and Bay

chapter V|30 pages

Railroads

chapter VI|28 pages

The Merchant Marine

chapter VII|21 pages

Changing Costs and Speed of Transportation and Communication

chapter VIII|23 pages

Domestic Trade

chapter IX|31 pages

Foreign Trade

chapter X|22 pages

Manufacturing: Early Development

chapter XI|21 pages

Manufacturing: The Factory System

chapter XII|20 pages

The Workers Under Changing Conditions 1

chapter XIII|31 pages

The Emergence of the Wage Earner

chapter XIV|23 pages

Financial Institutions

chapter XV|28 pages

Money, Prices, and Economic Fluctuations

chapter XVI|32 pages

The Role of Government

chapter XVII|15 pages

The National Economy in 1860

chapter |40 pages

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