Railroads and local economic development: The United States in the 1850s

Quantitative Economic History: The Good of Counting

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 78-99

  Haines, Michael R ^a,b,c,d   Margo, Robert A ^b,e  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research   (United States)

^d Hotel Monteleone   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84909594605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203928134     Document Type: Chapter

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