Transportation and Industrial Development in the Middle West
Author: William Franklin Gephart
Publisher: New York : Columbia university, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 310
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Author: William Franklin Gephart
Publisher: New York : Columbia university, Longmans, Green & Company, agents
Published: 1909
Total Pages: 310
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 326
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margaret Walsh
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2021-09-15
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13: 0813182212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of the meat packing industry of the Midwest offers an excellent illustration of the growth and development of the economy of that major industrial region. In the course of one generation, meat packing matured from a small-scale, part-time activity to a specialized manufacturing operation. Margaret Walsh's pioneering study traces the course of that development, shedding light on an unexamined aspect of America's economic history. As the Midwest emerged from the frontier period during the 1840s and 1850s, the growing urban demand for meat products led to the development of a seasonal industry conducted by general merchants during the winter months. In this early stage the activity was widely dispersed but centered mainly along rivers, which provided ready transportation to markets. The growth of the railroads in the 1850s, coupled with the westward expansion of population, created sharp changes in the shape and structure of the industry. The distinct advantages of good rail connections led to the concentration of the industry primarily in Chicago, but also in St. Louis and Milwaukee. The closing of the Mississippi River during the Civil War insured the final dominance of rail transport and spelled the relative decline of such formerly important packing points as Cincinnati and Louisville. By the 1870s large and efficient centralized stockyards were being developed in the major centers, and improved technology, particularly ice-packing, favored those who had the capital resources to invest in expansion and modernization. By 1880, the use of the refrigerated car made way for the chilled beef trade, and the foundations of the giant meat packing industry of today had been firmly established. Margaret Walsh has located an impressive array of primary materials to document the rise of this important early industry, the predecessor and in many ways the precursor of the great industrial complex that still dominates today's midwestern economy.
Author: Kenneth Button
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 085793063X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent years have seen considerable changes in the technology of transportation with the development of high-speed rail networks, more fuelefficient automobiles and aircraft, and the widespread adoption of informatics in disciplines such as traffic management and supply chain logistics. The contributions to this volume assess transportation interactions with employment and income, examine some of the policies that have been deployed to maximize the economic and social impacts of transportation provision at the local and regional levels and analyze how advances in transportation technologies have, and will, impact future development. Due in part to the general liberalization of markets, there have been major changes in the institutional environment in which transportation is supplied; these changes inevitably affect wider economic systems and development, although in turn these changes feed back upon transportation networks. The contributors to this work develop these and other themes, from a variety of perspectives, implementing a wide range of academic approaches into their analyses. Stemming from initiatives of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Transportation and Economic Development Challenges presents a body of research that exemplifies the organization's objective of fostering research collaboration around the world.
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 990
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 468
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 986
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 184
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 564
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Total Pages: 778
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