Format:
1 online resource (969 pages)
ISBN:
9780812207620
Series Statement:
American Business, Politics, and Society Ser
Content:
Albert J. Churella chronicles the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad within the context of social, economic, and technological changes of nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. The story of the PRR illuminates broad themes in U.S. history, including labor relations, the relationship between business and government, and technological advances.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: The Way West, 1682-1826 -- Chapter 2: Commonwealth, 1826-1846 -- Chapter 3: Community, 1846 -- Chapter 4: Enterprise, 1846-1852 -- Chapter 5: Executive, 1852-1857 -- Chapter 6: Coordination, 1857-1860 -- Chapter 7: Expansion, 1850-1868 -- Chapter 8: Conflict, 1860-1868 -- Chapter 9: Empire, 1868-1876 -- Chapter 10: Connections, 1865-1873 -- Chapter 11: Limits, 1874-1877 -- Chapter 12: Order, 1877-1899 -- Chapter 13: System, 1889-1929 -- Chapter 14: Regulation, 1899-1910 -- Chapter 15: Terminus, 1917 -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812243482
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812243482
Language:
English
