Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 430 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
pt. 1. The state enterprise, 1820-1850 -- pt. 2. The course of economic change, 1820-1851 -- pt. 3. Beginning of the railroad age to 1861 |
Summary |
A new paperback edition with a foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman Ohio Canal Era, a rich analysis of state policies and their impact in directing economic change, is a classic on the subject of the pre-Civil War transportation revolution. This edition contains a new foreword by scholar Lawrence M. Friedman, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, and a bibliographic note by the author. Professor Scheiber explores how Ohio-as a "public enterprise state," creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and control-led in the process of economic change before the |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-422) and index |
Subject |
Canals -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
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Canals -- Government policy -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
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Railroads -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
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Railroads and state -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
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TRANSPORTATION -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Canals
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Canals -- Government policy
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Economic history
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Railroads
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Railroads and state
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SUBJECT |
Ohio -- Economic conditions
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Subject |
Ohio
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930-
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ISBN |
9780821444030 |
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0821444034 |
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