A House Dividing: Economic Development in Pennsylvania and Virginia Before the Civil War. By John Majewski. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xvii, 214. $49.95.
本书通过比较弗吉尼亚阿尔伯马尔县和宾夕法尼亚坎伯兰县的基础设施建设，揭示小城市间的竞争如何导致弗吉尼亚缺乏连贯的增长战略，而宾夕法尼亚则因商业利益主导而实现聚焦发展。
A House Dividing serves as much-appreciated example of how narrative political economy remains a persuasive format for historical research. John Majewski addresses the topic of divergence in economic development between antebellum North and South by looking inside the highly political process of infrastructure development. Using case studies of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Majewski shows how competition between rival small cities left Virginia without a coherent growth strategy. In marked contrast, eventual domination of Pennsylvania internal improvements by business interests in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh focused development efforts there.