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Plank Road Fever in Antebellum America: New York State OriginsDaniel B. KleinGeorge Mason University - Department of Economics John MajewskiUniversity of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics New York History, pp. 39-65, January 1994 Abstract: The new roads would end rural isolation, speed commerce, improve wives and daughters, increase church attendance, bring wealth to investors. So said the promotors. The autors examine the New York origins of plank roads and analyze their giddy rise and traumatic decline. Daniel Klein is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. John Majewski is a lecturer in the history department of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 28 Keywords: Toll roads, plank roads, boosterism, internal improvements Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: January 8, 2004Suggested CitationContact Information
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