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Did Corliss Steam Engines Fuel Urban Growth in the Late Nineteenth Century? Less Sanguine Results

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

BURTON A. ABRAMS ,
JING LI  and
JAMES G. MULLIGAN
BURTON A. ABRAMS
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Delaware, 416B Purnell Hall, Newark, DE 19716. E-mail: abramsb@lerner.udel.edu.
JING LI
Affiliation:
Graduate Student in the Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Delaware, 213 Townsend Hall, Newark, DE 19716. E-mail: lijing@udel.edu.
JAMES G. MULLIGAN
Affiliation:
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Delaware, 418 Purnell Hall, Newark, DE 19716. E-mail: mulligaj@udel.edu.
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The Journal of Economic History , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , December 2008 , pp. 1172 - 1176
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