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Consumption of Farm Output and Economic Growth in the Old Northwest, 1800–1860

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2009

Eleanor von Ende  and
Thomas Weiss
Eleanor von Ende
Affiliation:
Texas Tech University.
Thomas Weiss
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
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Abstract

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In this article we present the first estimates of output per capita for the Old Northwest in the years before 1840. The results indicate that the region grew quite rapidly, even during its earliest formative years. Its performance relative to the nation depends on the definition of output.

Type
Papers Presented at the Fifty-Second Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association
Information
The Journal of Economic History , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 308 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © The Economic History Association 1993

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