Who financed the transportation revolution? Regional divergence and internal improvements in Antebellum Pennsylvania and Virginia

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 763-788

  Majewski, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEBELLUM PERIOD; HISTORICAL STUDY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REGIONAL DISPARITY; TRANSPORT INVESTMENT;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, CUMBERLAND COUNTY; USA, VIRGINIA, ALBEMARLE COUNTY;

EID: 0030390374     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700017460     Document Type: Article

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