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Harriman vs. Hill : Wall Street's great railroad war /
In 1901, two titans of American railroads set their sights on the Northern Pacific. The subsequent battle was unprecedented in the history of American enterprise, pitting not only James J. Hill against Edward Harriman but also Big Oil against Big Steel and J.P. Morgan against the Rockefellers, with...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill; Mr. Harriman and Mr. Schiff; The End of the "Days of Small Things"; The Battle for the Burlington; "Peacemakers" Arming for Combat; "The Weak Link in Your Chain"; The Consequences of a "Hostile Act"; Decision at Temple Emanu-El; "Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here"; Northern Insecurities; The "Big Stick"; A Thunderbolt Out of the Blue; Great Cases and Bad Law; Epilogue: The Last Corner; Acknowledgments; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.