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Ohio canal era : a case study of government and the economy, 1820-1861 / Harry N. Scheiber ; foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scheiber, Harry N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canals--Ohio--History--19th century.
- Canals.
- Canals--Government policy--Ohio--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Ohio--History--19th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads and state--Ohio--History--19th century.
- Railroads and state.
- Ohio--Economic conditions.
- Ohio.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (467 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 Civil War.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [398]-422) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821444030
- 0821444034
- OCLC:
- 785785375
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