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Migration and economic opportunity: the report of the Study of Population Redistribution
In: Study of population redistribution Report
Migration and planes of living: 1920 - 1934
In: Study of population redistribution 2
Carter Goodrich: Articles, 1951-1956
Carter Goodrich: Articles, 1951-1956. ; File contains the following articles by Carter Goodrich: 1. "Local Government Planning of Internal Improvements", Political Science Quarterly, vol. 66, no. 3, September 1951, pp. 1-36. 2. "Public Aid to Railroads in the Reconstruction South", Political Science Quarterly, vol. 71, no. 3, 1956, pp. 37-73. 3. "American Development Policy: The Case of Internal Improvements", The Journal of Economic History, vol. 16, no. 4, 1956. pop.74-85
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Internal Improvements Reconsidered
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 30, Issue 2, p. 289-311
ISSN: 1471-6372
In a notable article published in 1955, Robert A. Lively analyzed the body of new writing on "the role of government in the antebellum economy." In it he coined the term, "The American System," to describe the characteristic pattern of "public support for business development" or government "partnership with enterprise." The greater part of the literature covered dealt with the government promotion of canals and railroads, and he credited the writers with achieving "the rescue of the internal improvements movement from the political historian." Another bench mark is provided by the appearance in 1969 of the fourth edition of Edward C. Kirkland's History of American Economic Life. The revision devotes attention to the new trends that have appeared in the writing of economic history since the first edition in 1932, and Kirkland declares that the one that interested him the most was "the increasing attention to the interrelationships between government and economic activity." His chapter on "Internal Improvements and Domestic Commerce" makes full use of the research on the role of governments in the promotion of canals and railroads but ends with the judgment that recent writers have tended to overstate the supposed social gains and to disregard the traditional but still valid concern with the financial losses. Meanwhile, Albert Fishlow, in his admirable book, American Railroads and the Transformation of the Ante-Bellum Economy, had challenged the writers on the American System on a number of issues, including the commonly accepted theory that railroads were built ahead of demand. His critique is summarized in the following statement: "the recent useful destruction of the myth of ideological laissez faire must not give rise to the equally erroneous impression of all-embracing, and essential, public promotion."
The Land Office Business: The Settlement and Administration of American Public Lands, 1789–1837. By Malcolm J. Rohrbough. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. Pp. xiv, 331. $8.75
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 29, Issue 3, p. 604-605
ISSN: 1471-6372
The Galena Lead District: Federal Policy and Practice, 1824–1847. By James E. Wright. Madison: Published by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 1966. Pp. xv, 148. $3.25
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 28, Issue 3, p. 519-520
ISSN: 1471-6372
Discussion of papers by Edward Ames, Herbert J. Ellison, Miyamoto, Sakudō, Yasuba
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 565-568
ISSN: 1471-6372
Poverty and Progress: Social Mobility in a Nineteenth Century City. By Stephan Thernstrom. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964. Pp. xiv, 286. $5.95
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 25, Issue 2, p. 299-300
ISSN: 1471-6372
Argentina—A City and a Nation. By James R. Scobie. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Pp. x, 294. $6.50 (standard edition), $2.50 (text edition)
In: The journal of economic history, Volume 25, Issue 1, p. 171-172
ISSN: 1471-6372
Argentina as a New Country
In: Comparative studies in society and history, Volume 7, Issue 1, p. 70-88
ISSN: 1475-2999
As a new country of settlement origins Argentina, like the United States, belongs to a small group of historically favored nations. Since its economic development has differed to a considerable degree from that of others of the group, an examination of Argentina's experience and relative position may serve to raise questions of interest to students of comparative history.