Promoters And Investors In Antebellum America
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Promoters And Investors In Antebellum America
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Author : Daniel Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Promoters And Investors In Antebellum America written by Daniel Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Plank roads categories.
This report presents the history of plank road fever in the U.S. during the mid-nineteenth century. It began in New York when George Geddes and other promoters highly exaggerated the durability of wooden surfacing. In a few years Americans built hundreds of plank roads across the country. This event illustrates how promoters spread false information in an era when there were few watchdogs against such claims. The report also provides insight into the motivations of promoters, who sought rewards other than monetary.
The American Midwest
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Author : Andrew R. L. Cayton
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2006-11-08
The American Midwest written by Andrew R. L. Cayton and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-08 with Social Science categories.
This first-ever encyclopedia of the Midwest seeks to embrace this large and diverse area, to give it voice, and help define its distinctive character. Organized by topic, it encourages readers to reflect upon the region as a whole. Each section moves from the general to the specific, covering broad themes in longer introductory essays, filling in the details in the shorter entries that follow. There are portraits of each of the region's twelve states, followed by entries on society and culture, community and social life, economy and technology, and public life. The book offers a wealth of information about the region's surprising ethnic diversity -- a vast array of foods, languages, styles, religions, and customs -- plus well-informed essays on the region's history, culture and values, and conflicts. A site of ideas and innovations, reforms and revivals, and social and physical extremes, the Midwest emerges as a place of great complexity, signal importance, and continual fascination.
Genius Of Place
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Author : Justin Martin
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 2011-05-31
Genius Of Place written by Justin Martin and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed by a tragic personal life, also fully portrayed here. Most of all, he was a social reformer. He didn't simply create places that were beautiful in the abstract. An awesome and timeless intent stands behind Olmsted's designs, allowing his work to survive to the present day. With our urgent need to revitalize cities and a widespread yearning for green space, his work is more relevant now than it was during his lifetime. Justin Martin restores Olmsted to his rightful place in the pantheon of great Americans.
University Transportation Centers Project Abstracts
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Author : University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
University Transportation Centers Project Abstracts written by University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Transportation categories.
Market And Community In Antebellum America
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Author : John D. Majewski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Market And Community In Antebellum America written by John D. Majewski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Plank roads categories.
The Great Divergence
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Author : Kenneth Pomeranz
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-13
The Great Divergence written by Kenneth Pomeranz and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with Business & Economics categories.
A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the West The Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as recently as 1750, life expectancy, consumption, and product and factor markets were comparable in Europe and East Asia. Moreover, key regions in China and Japan were no worse off ecologically than those in Western Europe, with each region facing corresponding shortages of land-intensive products. Pomeranz’s comparative lens reveals the two critical factors resulting in Europe's nineteenth-century divergence—the fortunate location of coal and access to trade with the New World. As East Asia’s economy stagnated, Europe narrowly escaped the same fate largely due to favorable resource stocks from underground and overseas. This Princeton Classics edition includes a preface from the author and makes a powerful historical work available to new readers.
Warrior At Heart
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Author : John Adams
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2015-09-11
Warrior At Heart written by John Adams and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-11 with History categories.
John Milton—a true son of the South— endeavored to find ways in which to keep Florida relevant to the Confederate cause. Under Milton, Florida was a key contributor of supplies for the Confederate Army. supplies. By pledging men, beef, and salt among other supplies, Milton gave credence to Florida’s war effort. However, poor strategizing, blockades, and lack of military might led to several failed attempts to overcome the Union armies infiltrating the Florida coast. Left to defend themselves from the enemy with little help from their Confederate compatriots, Floridians grew increasingly disenchanted with their government’s dismissive attitude. Over the course of the war, they were caught between survival and secession. With little resources remaining, survival was the only way for the state to maintain itself. Left disillusioned, the embattled Milton took matters into his own hands, refusing to submit to the impending surrender secession and the ignominy of defeat. Warrior at Heart is an in-depth study of Florida’s Southern history during the Civil War. Historian John Adams gives detailed analyses of not only the economic dynamics reasons for the South to wage war, but also the events that shaped John Milton’s role in the war effort. www.warrioratheartbooks.com
Plank Road Fever In Antebellum America
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Author : Daniel B. Klein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Plank Road Fever In Antebellum America written by Daniel B. Klein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Plank roads categories.
Investing In Life
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Author : Sharon Ann Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Release Date : 2010-10-01
Investing In Life written by Sharon Ann Murphy and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Business & Economics categories.
A study of the early years of the life insurance industry in 19th century America. Investing in Life considers the creation and expansion of the American life insurance industry from its early origins in the 1810s through the 1860s and examines how its growth paralleled and influenced the emergence of the middle class. Using the economic instability of the period as her backdrop, Sharon Ann Murphy also analyzes changing roles for women; the attempts to adapt slavery to an urban, industrialized setting; the rise of statistical thinking; and efforts to regulate the business environment. Her research directly challenges the conclusions of previous scholars who have dismissed the importance of the earliest industry innovators while exaggerating clerical opposition to life insurance. Murphy examines insurance as both a business and a social phenomenon. She looks at how insurance companies positioned themselves within the marketplace, calculated risks associated with disease, intemperance, occupational hazard, and war, and battled fraud, murder, and suicide. She also discusses the role of consumers?their reasons for purchasing life insurance, their perceptions of the industry, and how their desires and demands shaped the ultimate product. Winner, Hagley Prize in Business History, Hagley Museum and Library and the Business History Conference Praise for Investing in Life “A well-written, well-argued book that makes a number of important contributions to the history of business and capitalism in antebellum America.” —Sean H. Vanatta, Common Place “An intriguing, instructive history of the establishment and development of the life insurance industry that reveals a good deal about changing social and commercial conditions in antebellum America . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice
Access
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Access written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Transportation categories.