Book/Printed Material Industrialization and urbanization did the steam engine contribute to the growth of cities in the United States?

Title

• Industrialization and urbanization did the steam engine contribute to the growth of cities in the United States?

Summary

• "Industrialization and urbanization are seen as interdependent processes of modern economic development. However, the exact nature of their causal relationship is still open to considerable debate. This paper uses firm-level data from the manuscripts of the decennial censuses between 1850 and 1880 to examine whether the adoption of the steam engine as the primary power source by manufacturers during industrialization contributed to urbanization. While the data indicate that steam-powered firms were more likely to locate in urban areas than water-powered firms, the adoption of the steam engine did not contribute substantially to urbanization"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

• Kim, Sukkoo
• National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

• Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

• -  Cities and towns--United States--Growth--History--19th century
• -  Industrialization--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century
• -  Steam-engines--United States--History--19th century
• -  Urbanization--Economic aspects--United States--History--19th century

Notes

• -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 3/31/2005.
• -  Includes bibliographical references.
• -  Also available in print.
• -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Call Number/Physical Location

• HB1

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2005617161
• http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11206 External

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2005617161

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

• image
• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2005617161

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