Business and the Economy
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
Cornelius Vanderbuilt 81
PUBLICATIONS 83
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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