Plank Road Fever in Antebellum America: New York State Origins
New York History, pp. 39-65, January 1994
28 Pages Posted: 8 Jan 2004
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.
Keywords: Toll roads, plank roads, boosterism, internal improvements
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Klein, Daniel B. and Majewski, John, Plank Road Fever in Antebellum America: New York State Origins. New York History, pp. 39-65, January 1994, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=484584
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