Wool-Growing and the Tariff: A Study in the Economic History of the United States

Chester Whitney Wright

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Wool-Growing and the Tariff

A Study in the Economic History of the United States

Chester Whitney Wright

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1910

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
CHAPTER I. WOOL-GROWING BEFORE 1800 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
CHAPTER II. THE ADVENT OF THE MERINO, 1800-1815 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	12
CHAPTER III. WOOL-GROWING FINALLY ESTABLISHED ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, 1815-1830 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
CHAPTER IV. THE PERIOD OF THE EAST'S SUPREMACY, 1830-1840 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	82
CHAPTER V. THE RISE OF THE MIDDLE WEST, 1840-1860 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	94
CHAPTER VI. THE CIVIL WAR EPISODE, 1860-1870 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	156
CHAPTER VII. THE RISE OF THE FAR WEST, 1870-90 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	208
CHAPTER VIII. FREE WOOL AND THE END OF THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT, 1890-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	329
STATISTICAL TABLES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Number of Sheep and Amount of Wool Produced in the United States, 1840-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Number of Sheep in the United States, by States, 1840-1900 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
World's Wool Supply (Wool in the Grease), 1850-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	338
Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool, 1822-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	340
Imports of Raw Wool by Classes, 1867-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	342
Average Annual Imports of Wool and Manufactures of Wool under each Tariff Act, 1821-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	344
The Tariff Duties on Wool, 1789-1907 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	344
Prices of Ohio Fine, Medium, and Coarse Washed Clothing Fleece Wool, quarterly, 1824-1907. Also Gold Prices, 1862-1878 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	347
Prices of English Wools, 1790-1901 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	350
Prices of Colonial and River Plate Wool in the London Market, 1860-1902 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
Relative Average Annual Prices of Agricultural Products in the New York Market, 1825-1860 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	353
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355

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9780674288928

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February 5, 1910

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9780674288591

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Reprint 2014

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13

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362

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4

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674288928

eBook ISBN: 9780674288928

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Wool industry -- United States.; Tariff -- United States.

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