Western economic development into the twenties Cities in western states are not simply late-starting, warmed-over eastern cities. The recipe that made them is different, and
Author: edcurmudgeon
Chapter 7: Texas: Early Rise of Texan Cities and Texas Business Culture: Houston Port Authority, Dallas-Fort Worth Rivalry, Dallas City Beautiful
NOT SO DEEP IN THE HEART OF DIXIE: TEXAS Texan cities moseyed down a different trail than the post-Civil War Deep South, for various reasons:
Chapter 7: the Southern pre Depression Diaspora
THE SOUTHERN DIASPORA What broke the agricultural–export–workforce nexus and overwhelmed the planter Redeemer economy was the Southern Diaspora. It ranks with the Yankee Diaspora and
Chapter 7: Southern self-development: the Southern Textile Industry
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY: THE SOUTHERN TEXTILE INDUSTRY What happened when the South developed its own manufacturing capacity through southern entrepreneurial activity? It
Chapter 7: Southern Chamber Economic Development: Charleston, Atlanta, and New Orleans Port Authority
Southern Chamber-Style Economic Development The South relied upon chambers as its primary EDO. Southern chambers, however, did not mirror the post-1900 North’s Big Cities shift
Chapter 7: Northern Banks and Railroads Imposed Southern industrial infrastructure and city-building
Northern Infrastructure: Not-Friends with Benefits As late as 1880, east of the Mississippi South had installed only 13,250 miles of rail. In the decade that
Ron W. Coan 