The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60

by George R. Taylor

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317454182
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/05/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	520
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

George R. Taylor

Table of Contents

I: Merchant Capitalism, 1815; II: Roads and Bridges; III: The Canal Era; IV: Steamboats on River, Lake, and Bay; V: Railroads; VI: The Merchant Marine; VII: Changing Costs and Speed of Transportation and Communication; VIII: Domestic Trade; IX: Foreign Trade; X: Manufacturing: Early Development; XI: Manufacturing: The Factory System; XII: The Workers Under Changing Conditions 1; XIII: The Emergence of the Wage Earner; XIV: Financial Institutions; XV: Money, Prices, and Economic Fluctuations; XVI: The Role of Government; XVII: The National Economy in 1860; Bibliography