POLI 100K, Railroads and American Politics: Topic 7, Railroads and the Development of Agriculture

Topic 1, Why Are Railroads Important?
Topic 2, American Politics, Economics, and Business Prior to the Railroads: 1800 - 1830
Topic 3, Railroads as Big Business
Topic 4, Andrew Carnegie and the Standard Railway of the World
Topic 5, The Evolution of Railroad Technology
Topic 6, The Nature of Railroad Competition
Topic 7, Railroads and the Development of Agriculture
Topic 8, Railroads and Industrialization
Topic 9, Railroads and the Rise of the New York Stock Exchange
Topic 10, Railroads and Government Regulation: 1887 - 1920

Railroad Expansion Produced the Expansion of Agriculture

The Complaints of the Farmers

Freight Traffic as of May 2005

What Explains the Complaints of the Farmers?

The Political Problems of the Railroads