Business and the Economy

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1850-1877: Chapter Three: Business and the Economy

by FREDERICK DALZELL

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGY 50

OVERVIEW 59

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

Business Cycles 61

Coal, Iron, Guns, Steel 63

Remington During the Civil War 64

King Cotton and the War 65

The Cotton Economy in the South 65

Pockets of Industry: Lynchburg 67

Industrialization: The Spread of the Factory System 68

Selling the Reaper 69

The Railroads: Expansion and Economic Transformation in the Midwest 70

The Erie War 73

The Railroads: Finance 73

The Pennsylvania 75

Selling in the New Marketplace 75

Margaret Getchell 76

The Graingers 77

HEADLINE MAKERS

Charles Francis Adams Jr. 78

Gail Borden Jr. 79

Jay Cooke 80

Lydia Estes Pinkham 81

Cornelius Vanderbuilt 81

PUBLICATIONS 83

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