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Boston Capitalists and Western Railroads : A Study in the Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process /
| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2013]
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| Edición: | Reprint 2014 |
| Colección: | Harvard Studies in Business History ;
23 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Tables
- Maps
- PART I. Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Problem and Its Setting
- PART II. The Era of Preparation
- Chapter 2. Boston as a Center of Capital, 1820-1845
- Chapter 3. Moving into Railroad Investment: Experience in the East
- PART III. The Era of Involvement
- Chapter 4. The West: Experiment and Opportunity, 1830-1850
- Chapter 5. Western Railroad Promoters and Boston Capitalists, 1845-1848
- PART IV. The Era of Commitment
- Chapter 6. Emerging Investment Patterns: The Forbes Group, 1850-1860
- Chapter 7. Emerging Investment Patterns: Bostonians and the Illinois Central, 1850-1860
- Chapter 8. Prewar Strategic Investment: The Genesis and Expansion of the C. B. 8c Q.
- Chapter 9. Prewar Railroad Investors: A Brief Appraisal
- PART V. The Era of Systems
- Chapter 10. Bostonians and the Union Pacific Railroad, 1862-1873: Construction and Conflict
- Chapter 11. The С. В. & Q., 1865-1873: Conflicting Strategies of Expansion
- Chapter 12. The Union Pacific Railroad, 1873-1890: Consolidation and Conflict
- Chapter 13. The С. В. & Q., 1874-1890: Completion of the System
- Chapter 14. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1870-1883: A New Response to the Transcontinental Challenge
- Chapter 15. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1880-1890: Financial Aspects of Expansion
- PART VI. Conclusion
- Chapter 16. The Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process: An Overview
- BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index