Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America
(Part of the Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Series)
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Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else! With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, and network of rivers and ports, Virginia stood poised to serve as the center of the young nation's coal trade. By the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:080189400X
ISBN13:9780801894008
Release Date:December 2009
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:324 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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