Wool-Growing and the Tariff : A Study in the Economic History of the United States / Chester Whitney Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Chester Whitney, author.

Series:

Harvard economic studies ; Volume V.

Harvard Economic Studies ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wool industry--United States.

Wool industry.

Tariff--United States.

Tariff.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. WOOL-GROWING BEFORE 1800

CHAPTER II. THE ADVENT OF THE MERINO, 1800-1815

CHAPTER III. WOOL-GROWING FINALLY ESTABLISHED ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, 1815-1830

CHAPTER IV. THE PERIOD OF THE EAST'S SUPREMACY, 1830-1840

CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE WEST, 1840-1860

CHAPTER VI. THE CIVIL WAR EPISODE, 1860-1870

CHAPTER VII. THE RISE OF THE FAR WEST, 1870-90

CHAPTER VIII. FREE WOOL AND THE END OF THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT, 1890-1907

CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

STATISTICAL TABLES

Number of Sheep and Amount of Wool Produced in the United States, 1840-1907

Number of Sheep in the United States, by States, 1840-1900

World's Wool Supply (Wool in the Grease), 1850-1907

Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool, 1822-1907

Imports of Raw Wool by Classes, 1867-1907

Average Annual Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool under each Tariff Act, 1821-1907

The Tariff Duties on Wool, 1789-1907

Prices of Ohio Fine, Medium, and Coarse Washed Clothing Fleece Wool, quarterly, 1824-1907. Also Gold Prices, 1862-1878

Prices of English Wools, 1790-1901

Prices of Colonial and River Plate Wool in the London Market, 1860-1902

Relative Average Annual Prices of Agricultural Products in the New York Market, 1825-1860

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-28892-0

OCLC:

1013937741