| Item Details | |
| Entry Number | 1990 |
| Author | GOODRICH, CARTER, ed. |
| Title | Government Promotion of Canals and Railroads, 1800-1890. |
| Publication | New York: Columbia University Press, 1960. |
| Subject(s) | : CANALS -- Twentieth Century Accounts |
| Notes | (A collection of graduate student papers, including Julius Rabin, “An Innovative Public Improvement; The Erie Canal,” pp. 15-66; Harvey H. Segal, “Cycles of Canal Construction,” pp. 169-215, and “Canals and Economic Development,” pp. 216-48. Rubin gives a good short account of the campaign for the canal up to the start of construction. Segal relates financing of canals in N.Y. and other states to economic cycles abroad, especially England.) |
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