You might try Gavin Wright's "Old South, New South" in which he argues there were two labor markets that developed following 1861-1865: one in the South and one in the rest of the country. The differences between these labor markets led to the differences in development, according to Wright.
Noel Dr. Noel D. Campbell Asst. Prof. of Business Administration North Georgia College & St. Univ. Dahlonega, GA 30597 (706)864-1621 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/07/02 20:11 PM >>> If I recall Mancur Olson suggests that one of the reasons that post WWII West Germany did so well is that all of Germany's special interest groups were destroyed. I'm inclined to agree although I know that Germany had tremendous manufacturing ability even at the end of the war. However, why did the South fare so poorly after the US Civil War? Would the South have done better if the Freedmen's Bureau had been kept in place and Southern Bourbons were prevented from forming a powerful interest group? David Mitchell
