A house dividing : economic development in Pennsylvania and Virginia before the Civil War /
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 tr...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Series: | Studies in economic history and policy.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |