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Union Pacific : Volume I, 1862-1893
The second volume in the history of the Union Pacific begins after the financial panic of 1893, one of the worst depressions Americans had yet experienced, which pushed the railroad into bankruptcy. Maury Klein examines the complex challenges faced by the Union Pacific in the new century-the expandi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Ebrary, Incorporated [distributor]
2006 ;
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Railroad Short Titles; Map; Prologue: The Funeral, 1916; Part One: The Transformation, 1893-1909; 1. The Receivership; 2. The Second Coming; 3. The Reconstruction; 4. The System; 5. The Empire; 6. The Community of Interest; 7. The New Order; 8. The Storms; 9. The Reckoning; Part Two: The Great Adjustment, 1910-1939; 10. The Stewardship; 11. The Turning Point; 12. The Takeover; 13. The Fresh Start; 14. The New Competition; 15. The Counterattack; 16. The Projects; 17. The Trimmings; 18. The Family; 19. The Operation.
- Part Three: The New Railroad, 1940-196920. The Railroader; 21. The Czar; 22. The Misfits; 23. The Blizzard; 24. The Sleeping Giant; 25. The Awakening; 26. The Parts Changers; 27. The Merger Misstep; 28. The New Railroad; Epilogue: The Rebirth; Selective Bibliography; Source Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.