Background
Malone, Laurence Joseph was born on April 4, 1957 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Laurence Bernard and Barbara Ethel (McCormack) Malone.
( Following Frederick Jackson Turner's lead, most economi...)
Following Frederick Jackson Turner's lead, most economic historians assume the West and its people were shaped by economic determinism. This study proposes a different path. The federal government, Malone claims, opened the frontier before waves of settlers arrived by constructing a network of roads and making improvements to rivers and harbors. The book begins by analyzing federal transportation expenditures from 1800 to 1860 and then moves on to look at early federal improvement programs and their effects on determining the direction of settlement in the New West. Settlement in the New West states―Arkansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota―accelerated after the government's projects were constructed. The tracking of internal improvement expenditures in sparsely settled regions shows the federal government had a significant role in initiating growth prior to the more widely acknowledged railroad developments after mid-century.
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Malone, Laurence Joseph was born on April 4, 1957 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Laurence Bernard and Barbara Ethel (McCormack) Malone.
Bachelor in Economics, State University of New York, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, New School for Social Research, 1991.
Senior research associate New York State Assembly, Albany, New York, 1980-1983. Professor economics Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, since 1986, chairman department, 1996—2004, Carnegie fellow, since 2001, faculty chairman, 2004—2006, vice president enrollment management, 2007—2009.
( Following Frederick Jackson Turner's lead, most economi...)
Advisor Hartwick College Student Senate, 1988-1992, chairman off campus programs committee, 1990-1992. Member Economics History Association, American Economics Association, Order of the Omega.
Married Eva Trelease Davidson, June 25, 1983. Children: Luke, Theo.