This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents.
The content
– The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832)
– Friedrich List and the indigenous American population
– The importance of coal for the early industrialization
– List`s railway project – the obstacles and first successes
Author(s): Eugen Wendler
Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 96
City: Cham
Foreword by Tom McMahon former Mayor of Reading PA.
Welcoming address by Thomas Keck Lord Major of Reutlingen
Foreword by the author
Contents
Part 1: The historical significance of Friedrich List
Part 2: The American exile of Friedrich List from 1825 to 1832
Part 3: Unspoiled wilderness and rugged nature in the Blue Montain range of Pennsylvania in the first half of the 19th Century.
Part 4: The extensive extermination of the Indians by white settlers and Friedrich List’s stance
Part 5: The growing importance of coal in the course of early industrialization
Part 6: The emergence of anthracite coal, its rise and fall
Part 7: Friedrich List’s discovery of a coal deposit in Pennsylvania
Part 8: The construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
Part 9: The acknowledgment of List’s achievements in the construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad by Dr. Isaac Hiester
Part 10: Tamaqua and Port Clinton – the two endpoints of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
Part 11: The first positive effects of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
Part 12 – Appendix: Dr. Karl (Charles) Neidhard (1809-1895), stepson of Friedrich List – a pioneer of homeopathy in the USA
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