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Robert W. Fogel, The Argument for Wagons and Canals, 1964. CSISS Classics

Abstract

In Railroads and American Economic Growth, Fogle illustrates how the interpretation of economic history is enhanced through a spatial perspective. He uses distance buffers to represent ease of transport and to assess the likely impacts of regional economic expansion associated with different scenarios of change in transport technology.

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