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Author Scheiber, Harry N

Title Ohio canal era : a case study of government and the economy, 1820-1861 / Harry N. Scheiber ; foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman
Published Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012

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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
Canals -- Government policy -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
Railroads -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
Railroads and state -- Ohio -- History -- 19th century
TRANSPORTATION -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Canals
Canals -- Government policy
Economic history
Railroads
Railroads and state
SUBJECT Ohio -- Economic conditions
Subject Ohio
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Friedman, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Meir), 1930-
ISBN 9780821444030
0821444034