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245 1 4 _aThe Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 :
_bDevoted To Literature And National Policy
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2007
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2007-09-26
508 _aProduced by Joshua Hutchinson, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections)
520 _a"The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864" by Various is a historical magazine published in the mid-19th century, featuring essays, reports, and commentary on contemporary societal and political issues. In this particular volume, various topics are explored, including in-depth analyses of American finances and resources, particularly contrasting the economic growth of Free States versus Slave States during the Civil War. The contributors critically examine these differences and how they relate to the broader socio-economic landscape of the United States during that tumultuous period. At the start of this issue, the opening letter by Hon. Robert J. Walker focuses on statistical comparisons between Kentucky, a slaveholding state, and Ohio, a free state, illustrating the stark disparities in population growth, wealth, and education between the two. Through detailed analysis of census data from 1790 to 1860, Walker argues that Free States like Ohio demonstrate significantly superior progress in terms of economic development and educational attainment compared to Slave States like Kentucky. This argument sets the stage for a larger discourse on the implications of slavery on American society and economy amidst the backdrop of the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLiterature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals
653 _aUnited States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22770
999 _c63887
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