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Ohio Canal Era : A Case Study of Government and the Economy, 1820-1861.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (430 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780821444030
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ohio Canal EraDDC classification:
  • 386/.48/09771
LOC classification:
  • HE395.O34 -- S34 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps and Charts -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Preface to the 1987 Edition -- Bibliographic Note, 1987 -- Bibliographic Note, 2012 -- Part I. The State Enterprise, 1820-1850 -- 1. Toward a Canal Policy, 1820-1825 -- 2. Construction and Finance, 1825-1833 -- 3. Administration of the Enterprise, 1825-1833 -- 4. Egalitarian Ideals and Pressure for Expansion, 1825-1838 -- 5. The Public Works and Mixed Enterprise, 1836-1845 -- 6. Financing Expansion, 1836-1845 -- 7. Administration: Change and Adjustment, 1833-1850 -- Part II. The Course of Economic Change, 1820-1851 -- 8. The Canals in the Economy, 1820-1840 -- 9. The Transportation Revolution: Second Phase, 1840-1851 -- 10. State Rate-Making and Market Allocation, 1827-1851 -- Part III. Beginning of the Railroad Age: To 1861 -- 11. Competition and Response: The Ohio Railroads, 1826-1861 -- 12. Transportation and Economic Change, 1850-1860 -- 13. Conclusion -- Appendices: -- 1. The Sources of Capital -- 2. Tolls on the Ohio Canals -- 3. Tonnage of Canal Commerce -- 4. Estimating "Indirect Returns" -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Explores how Ohiou2009--u2009as a "public enterprise state," creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and controlu2009--u2009led in the process of economic change before the Civil War.
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Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps and Charts -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Preface to the 1987 Edition -- Bibliographic Note, 1987 -- Bibliographic Note, 2012 -- Part I. The State Enterprise, 1820-1850 -- 1. Toward a Canal Policy, 1820-1825 -- 2. Construction and Finance, 1825-1833 -- 3. Administration of the Enterprise, 1825-1833 -- 4. Egalitarian Ideals and Pressure for Expansion, 1825-1838 -- 5. The Public Works and Mixed Enterprise, 1836-1845 -- 6. Financing Expansion, 1836-1845 -- 7. Administration: Change and Adjustment, 1833-1850 -- Part II. The Course of Economic Change, 1820-1851 -- 8. The Canals in the Economy, 1820-1840 -- 9. The Transportation Revolution: Second Phase, 1840-1851 -- 10. State Rate-Making and Market Allocation, 1827-1851 -- Part III. Beginning of the Railroad Age: To 1861 -- 11. Competition and Response: The Ohio Railroads, 1826-1861 -- 12. Transportation and Economic Change, 1850-1860 -- 13. Conclusion -- Appendices: -- 1. The Sources of Capital -- 2. Tolls on the Ohio Canals -- 3. Tonnage of Canal Commerce -- 4. Estimating "Indirect Returns" -- Bibliography -- Index.

Explores how Ohiou2009--u2009as a "public enterprise state," creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and controlu2009--u2009led in the process of economic change before the Civil War.

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