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Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America
Sean Patrick Adams
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Paperback. Using coal as a barometer of economic change, Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth addresses longstanding questions about North-South economic divergence and the role of state government in American industrial development, providing new insights for both political and economic historians of nineteenth-century America. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, "Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else!" With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, and network of rivers and ports, Virginia stood poised to serve as the center of the young nation's coal trade. By the middle of the nineteenth century, however, Virginia's leadership in the American coal industry had completely unraveled while Pennsylvania, at first slow to exploit its vast reserves of anthracite and bituminous coal, had become the country's leading producer. Sean Patrick Adams compares ... Read more
In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, "Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else!" With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, and network of rivers and ports, Virginia stood poised to serve as the center of the young nation's coal trade. By the middle of the nineteenth century, however, Virginia's leadership in the American coal industry had completely unraveled while Pennsylvania, at first slow to exploit its vast reserves of anthracite and bituminous coal, had become the country's leading producer. Sean Patrick Adams compares ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894008
SKU
V9780801894008
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About Sean Patrick Adams
Sean Patrick Adams is an associate professor of history at the University of Florida.
Reviews for Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America
For anyone interested in state policies, paths of economic development, and antebellum political economy, this study is necessary reading. Choice 2005 Adams's innovative study has opened up a new arena for investigation and, judging from the richness of his analysis, one with great potential.
Edward J. Davies, II Journal of American History 2005 Adams makes good use of the ... Read more
Edward J. Davies, II Journal of American History 2005 Adams makes good use of the ... Read more