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Geography, Timing, and Technology: A GIS-Based Analysis of Pennsylvania's Iron Industry, 1825--1875.
- Source :
- Journal of Economic History; Sep2006, Vol. 66 Issue 3, p608-634, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This article examines key questions about the development of Pennsylvania's mid-nineteenth-century iron industry. The analysis is based on new data and exhaustive examination of previously underutilized sources within the framework of a geographic information system (GIS). Hypotheses are tested on the timing of adoption of mineral-fuel technologies across the state; the temporal relationships between investment in ironworks, business cycles, and tariff policy; the substitutability of different types and qualities of iron; how transport costs affected iron prices; and the geographical segmentation of iron markets in the antebellum period. The findings reveal complex and dynamic patterns of regional economic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220507
- Volume :
- 66
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24151132
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050706000271