Theme 2 Modules

Birth of Mainstream ED (MED) and Community Development (CD) in North and West, 1789 to the Civil War

Module 1: Intro to Northern/Midwestern Big Cities and Tools of MED (Tax Abatement and Eminent Domain)

Module 2: Early Republic External MED Context, Strategies & George Washington Tossed In

 Module 3  Hegemonic Industrial Big Cities: Birth of American State and Local MED

Module 4 Community Development’s First Wing: Brahmin Elect and Josiah Quincy

Module 5: CD’s Second Wing

Module 6: CD’s Third Wing: Community Mobilization, 19th Century Neighborhood Civic Association Movement, and Intro to City Beautiful

Module 7: Unions in Early Republic: Their Failure as a Political Party Starts Here

Module 8: Janus-Headed MED: Connecting the Urban Dots

Module 9: Urban Rivalries and Transportation Races: State-Chartered Corporations and Canals

Module 10: The 1837-44 Panic, Gift/Loan Clauses, and Say Hello to Railroads

Module 11: Lincoln & Douglas as Economic Developers: Illinois Railroad MED 

Module 12: Illinois Central Railroad and the Birth of the MED Attraction Strategy

 Module 13: Midwest Big Cities–Minnesota: Railroad-Led Immigrant Attraction

Module 14: MED Railroad City-Building and the Railroad Corporation’s Business Plan