Midwest Big Cities–Minnesota: Railroad-Led Immigrant Attraction For those saturated with thoughts of robber barons, the Populist Movement, railroad extortions imposed on communities desiring access, muckrakers,
Category: Settlement of Upstate NY and Middle West
7.17 Illinois Central Railroad and the Birth of the MED Attraction Strategy
Theme 2: Module Illinois Central Railroad and the Birth of the MED Attraction Strategy So according to conventional wisdom, the era of state-chartered corporations was
7.16 The Railroad as EDO, Lincoln and Douglas, Illinois post-1839 Default
Theme 2: Module 11 Lincoln & Douglas: Case Study in Illinois Railroads and Economic Development We have tossed a significant array of External-MED concepts, drivers,
7.15 1837-44 Panic, Gift/Loan Clauses
Theme 2: Module 10 The 1837-44 Panic, Gift/Loan Clauses, and Say Hello to Railroads The Stained Legacy The DTIS paradigm dominated MED through the 1860’s.
7.14 Yankee Diaspora
Theme 2: Module 2: The Yankee Diaspora The diffusion of Atlantic coastal political cultures into the interior, straight thru to the Pacific coast is amazingly
7.13 Unions in CD
Module 7: Unions in CD There was little that smacked of religious fervor that characterized private unions as semi-political movements. In the Early Republic they first
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