John Weaver described the settlement of the American Cotton Belt as “a great land rush” [1]. Instead of a “gold rush” (which we are are
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8.2 The Rise of the Cotton Belt: the Last Hurrah of the Agricultural Revolution
Comparing different regions reveals critical realities that affected the course of American ED. After 1789 (1) the North, led by Yankees and Midlanders, embraced the
8.1 Deep South Political Culture and the South’s Antebellum Economic Path
A simplistic look at American 19th Century history might summarize its politics and economy as a clash between two rival, starkly opposed, political cultures and
7.4 Inward MED City-Building East of the Mississippi Midwest and South Central States Under Construction
See Bruchey Chapter 6–Shift from Federal Aid See Dorfman See Warner Urban Wilderness and Wade–it affected the Midwest
7.2 America’s First Paradigm: Overview of Pre-1830 Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, and Steamboat
NEEDs to be reduced and perhaps reconceptualized–certainly the DEVELOPMENTAL EDO section needs to be rethought Overview of Pre-1837 Roads, Turnpikes, Canals, and Steamboat In America
Ron W. Coan 