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THIS book was originally prepared as a doctoral dissertation of the University of Wisconsin. It is a mine of facts and a concrete illustration of the thesis that canals were a success when there were no railways, but are not a success when faced with the competition of modern railway transport. At the same time the success of this canal was an early indication that in the opening up of new lands the provision of adequate means of transport must precede the advent of the settler.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal: A Study in Economic History.
By Prof. J. W. Putnam. (Chicago Historical Society's Collection, vol. x.) Pp. xiii + 213. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1918.) Price 2 dollars.
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The Illinois and Michigan Canal: A Study in Economic History . Nature 102, 363–364 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102363b0
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