Derailed by bankruptcy : life after the Reading Railroad /

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What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewis, Howard H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:Railroads past and present.
Subjects:
Reading Company.
Reading Company
Railroads > United States > Finance.
Railroads > United States > Management.
Bankruptcy > United States.
Railroads and state > United States.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
Bankruptcy
Railroads and state
Railroads > Finance
Railroads > Management
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The age of innocence
  • The gathering storm
  • A time of waiting
  • The beginning
  • The plot thickens
  • Fear and exhaustion
  • Detailed case preparation
  • The times that try men's souls
  • The rail use case: ours and the government's
  • The government's case
  • End game.

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