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Robert W. Fogel: The Argument for Wagons and Canals, 1964.
Contributed by John Corbett
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status Final 
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rights_description Copyright � 2001 by Regents of University of California, Santa Barbara  
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resource_type Narrative Text 
metametadata_contributor_role Creator 
metametadata_contributor_entity David Fearon, fear@umail.ucsb.edu 
metametadata_contributor_date 2002-09-12 
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learning_time 1:00:00 
keywords classic, spatial economic models, economic analysis, American history, cliometrics, Transport costs, transportation, slavery, railroads, markets, Trip distribution model, agricultural land use model, trade flow maps, canals 
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description classic: Robert W. Fogel �s economic analysis of history of railroads and their overestimated role for economic growth, and alternative that canals, wagons, and earlier combustible engine development might have been more efficient. 
CSISS_interest_area spatial economy,transportation,land use model 
CSISS_discipline Economics,Geography,History 
contributor_role_1 Author 
contributor_entity_1 John Corbett 
contributor_date_1 2001-07-26 
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