WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL

WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL

Though historians and the general public applaud our rugged frontier ancestors who conquered the plains, a rational examination of the data makes it clear that the opening of the Trans-Mississippi grain belt at mid 19th centurywas a mixed blessing at best. More carefully understood, it set the stage...

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Main Author: Thomas Winpenny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2003-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/117
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spelling doaj-f6f91f8c0c0f4eb9bd0e1e850a9c68842020-11-25T02:23:00ZengEconomic & Business History SocietyEssays in Economic and Business History0896-226X2003-06-01211167174117WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUALThomas WinpennyThough historians and the general public applaud our rugged frontier ancestors who conquered the plains, a rational examination of the data makes it clear that the opening of the Trans-Mississippi grain belt at mid 19th centurywas a mixed blessing at best. More carefully understood, it set the stage for overproduction and diverted capital and labor from industrialization. Today the same land is being abandonned.https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/117
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WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
Essays in Economic and Business History
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title WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
title_short WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
title_full WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
title_fullStr WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
title_full_unstemmed WITH AN EYE TO BETTER OUTCOMES: THE OPENING OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI GRAIN BELT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TEMPERED AND MORE GRADUAL
title_sort with an eye to better outcomes: the opening of the trans-mississippi grain belt might have been tempered and more gradual
publisher Economic & Business History Society
series Essays in Economic and Business History
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publishDate 2003-06-01
description Though historians and the general public applaud our rugged frontier ancestors who conquered the plains, a rational examination of the data makes it clear that the opening of the Trans-Mississippi grain belt at mid 19th centurywas a mixed blessing at best. More carefully understood, it set the stage for overproduction and diverted capital and labor from industrialization. Today the same land is being abandonned.
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