Railroads and Regulations, 1877-1916 /

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An earlier draft was submitted as a doctoral thesis to the History Dept. of Harvard University. Bibliography: p. 241-264.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kolko, Gabriel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1965.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Regulering.
Spoorwegmaatschappijen.
Eisenbahn
Railroads and state.
Railroad law.
HISTORY > United States > General.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
55.31 history of trains and trams.
15.85 history of America.
Chemins de fer > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Chemins de fer > Droit > États-Unis.
Railroads and state > United States.
Railroad law > United States.
USA
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • In quest of stability, 1877-1883
  • Agitation for a federal railroad law, 1884-1886
  • Formative years of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-1890
  • Competition and crises: the failure of regulation, 1891-1897
  • Movement for reform, 1898 through the Elkins Act
  • Pressures for railroad legislation, 1903-1905
  • The Hepburn Act
  • Theodore Roosevelt and regulation, 1906-1908
  • Freight rates, politics and the President, 1909-1912
  • Woodrow Wilson and the triumph of federal control, 1913-1916.

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