Date of Award

6-1927

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Patrick J Lomasney

Second Advisor

William M Magee

Abstract

There is no industry that has influenced American development and progress as its transportation systems. So long as we remained in the economic position of colonies, depending chiefly upon foreign commerce for our prosperity, it was marine transportation with which we were chiefly concerned. Shipping and the carrying trade were our greatest economic interests. After 1815 this interest did not decline absolutely, but it became less important. It was still the source of many private fortunes and of much accumulation of capital, and ranked in importance with the growing manufactures of the country. With the growth of a great internal commerce, the creation of a national system of transportation gradually came to the front as the most important concern in our economic affairs.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to partially fulfill the requirements for The Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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