A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War

by John Majewski

Book Overview

A House Dividing compares Virginia and Pennsylvania to answer a crucial question of American history: how did slavery undermine the development of the southern economy? Extensive archival research reveals that in the first decades of the nineteenth century, local residents in each state financed transportation improvements to raise land values and spur commercial growth. In the 1830s, however, Philadelphia capitalists began financing Pennsylvania's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521025362
• ISBN13: 9780521025362
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"