Locational Choice in the Antebellum South
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4896993 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donald F Schaefer, Donald Schaefer (Washington State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 145-165 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050700007373 |
| OpenAlex | W2148764537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article examines the economic and noneconomic factors that influenced the migration decisions of antebellum Southern households. It appears that nonslaveowners were neither pushed to inferior locations nor did they move independently of the economic consequences. For slaveowners, the observed links between locational choice and the economic characteristics of locations are weaker. The proportion of whites in a location's population was positively associated with the choice of a location for the nonslaveowners. This association was not found for any other group
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |