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Rock Island Requiem : Rock Island Requiem /
Chronicles the unraveling and demise of the mighty Rock Island Railroad--the largest railroad liquidation in American history. Victim of government regulation, inept management, individual greed, and self-interest, its downfall presents in microcosm the story of the railroad industry's larger p...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Schneider, Gregory L., |d 1965- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Rock Island Requiem : |b Rock Island Requiem / |c Gregory L. Schneider. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Lawrence, Kansas : |b University Press of Kansas, |c [2013] | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2016 | |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Act One: Merger; 1. A Mighty Fine Line; 2. Merge or Die; 3. Bleak House; 4. The Waiting Is the Hardest Part; 5. Too Big to Fail; Act Two: Bankruptcy; 6. Bankruptcy Blue(s); 7. Stayin' Alive; 8. The Omen; 9. Walking Dead Men; 10. The Rock Is Dead; Act Three: Liquidation; 11. Too Late the Hero; 12. Long Live the Rock; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover | |
| 520 | |a Chronicles the unraveling and demise of the mighty Rock Island Railroad--the largest railroad liquidation in American history. Victim of government regulation, inept management, individual greed, and self-interest, its downfall presents in microcosm the story of the railroad industry's larger problems in postwar America--and in relief, the story of America's economic failures in the 1960s and 1970s. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 610 | 2 | 7 | |a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00542907 |
| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ) |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Business failures. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00842694 | |
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