'Two roads to the transportation revolution. Early corporations in the United Kingdom and United States' in D Costa & N R Lamoreaux (eds), Understanding Long Run Economic Growth. Geography, institutions, and the knowledge economy

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  • Name Comparative international studies

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  • United States

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Explores the reasons why the USA overtook Britain as a global economic leader by the end of the 19th century, focusing on factor endowment and political institution issues analysed through the lens of differing transportation organisation development