American Coal Industry 17901902, Volume II - Making Coal a Household Name, 1835-1875

Klappentext During the nineteenth century the American economy was able to expand rapidly due to the availability of cheap and plentiful supplies of coal. This primary resource collection covers all aspects of this important energy source through a selection of letters, pamphlets, industry reports and newspaper articles. The period from 1835-1875 saw the American coal trade expand from a hit-or-miss business dominated by risk-taking proprietary firms to a well-funded industry that employed the resources of state governments, large mining corporations and powerful railroads in order to keep a steady stream of mineral fuel flowing to the growing industrial and commercial heating markets. Zusammenfassung The emergence of coal-based fuel economy over the course of the nineteenth century was one of the most significant features of America’s Industrial Revolution, but the transition from wood to mineral energy sources was a gradual one that transpired over a number of decades. The documents in these volumes recreate the institutional history of the American coal industry in the nineteenth century — providing a first-hand perspective on the developments in regard to political economy, business structure and competition, the rise of formal trade unions, and the creation of a national coal trade. Although the collection strives to be wide-ranging in region and theme, the Pennsylvania anthracite coal trade forms the thematic backbone as it became the most important American mineral resource to see successful development throughout the nineteenth century. Consequently it saw unprecedented levels of intervention by the federal government. The texts for this collection were selected for their accessibility to modern readers as well as their relationship to a series of common themes across the nineteenth century American coal industry — with headnotes and annotations provided to explain their context and the reasons for their inclusion. The second volume, following on from the first, traces the continuation of the anthracite boom and also introduces new concerns for the coal industry. Overall the period from 1835-1875 saw the American coal trade expand from a hit-or-miss business dominated by risk-taking proprietary firms to a well-funded industry that employed the resources of state governments, large mining corporations and powerful railroads in order to keep a steady stream of mineral fuel flowing to the growing industrial and commercial heating markets of the United States. The transformation generated many conflicts — which are illustrated by the documents in this volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume 2 Making Coal a Household Name, 1835-1875 Introduction Denison Olmsted, 'Observations on the Use of Anthracite Coal', in The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1837 (1837) Caleb Cushing, 'Article X. The Anthracite Coal Trade of Pennsylvania', North American Review (1836) William Williams Mather, Report on the Geological Reconnaissance of Kentucky, Made in 1838 (1839), extract [Charles Ellet], An Address to the Stockholders of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, in Reply to a Pamphlet Circulated by the Reading Rail Road Company (1844) Isaac Lea, Report to the Directors of the Pequa Railroad and Improvement Company (1849) Is Coal Mining a Safe Investment Bet? Anon., 'The Coal Business', Mining Magazine (1853) Anon., 'Mining: Its Embarrassments and Results', Mining Magazine(1854) Anon., 'Is Mining a Legitimate Business? Mines as a Means of Investment', Mining Magazine (1858) 'A Correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce', 'Visit to a Coal Mine', Hunt's Merchant Magazine (1854) David Thomas Ansted, 'The Ohio and Kanawha Valleys, and the Coal Basin of the Kanawha', in Scenery, Science and Art (1854) Herman Haupt, The Coal Business on the Pennsylvania Railroad. A Communication Addressed to the President, Directors, and Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad,...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Sean Patrick Adams, Adams Sean Patrick
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9781138757653
• ISBN: 978-1-138-75765-3
• Pages: 396
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; History, HISTORY / General