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From: Adam Costanzo <arcostanzo@ucdavis.edu>
List Editor: H-SHEAR Editor Peter Knupfer <repub@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Looking to create a panel for SHEAR 2010
Author's Subject: Looking to create a panel for SHEAR 2010
Date Written: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:48:49 -0800
Date Posted: Fri, 05 Nov 2009 16:19:07 -0500

I'm a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Davis. I was planning
on submitting a paper proposal for next July's SHEAR conference in Rochester
but I thought it might be more interesting to put together a panel for the
conference. I'll be proposing a paper that examines the failure of urban
land speculation in early Washington, DC. It will focus on attitudes toward
land speculation in the Early Republic as well as the organizational
structure of the government body created for the purpose of building the
federal city. If you've got a paper in mind that might complement mine, I'd
love to hear from you. Papers concerned with land speculation, urban
development, public infrastructure, or public finance would definitely mesh
well with what I'm thinking. Of course, suggestions for potential chairs and
commentators would be welcome as well.

Thanks for your time and have a great day,

Adam Costanzo

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Ph.D. Candidate
History Department
University of California, Davis
arcostanzo@ucdavis.edu

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