A House Dividing
Subtitle: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War (Studies in Economic History and Policy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780521025362
Subjects: Development economics; Economic History; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; History; History - U.S.; United States - Antebellum Era; Pennsylvania; Virginia; United States - State & Local - General; Business & Economics-Economic History; History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / State & Local; History-United States - Antebellum Era; Railroads--Pennsylvania--History--19th centur; Railroads--Pennsylvania--History--19th century; Free enterprise; United States - 19th Century; 19th century; Railroads
First sentence: The Rivanna was hardly the most impressive of Virginia's many rivers, nor the most commercially viable.