Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893: A Study of Businessmen

Julius Grodinsky

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1962

Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893

A Study of Businessmen

Julius Grodinsky

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802313

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About this book

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Bibliographical Note Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Used in Footnotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Abbreviations of Railroads Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Dramatis Personae (1869-1893) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
Maps and Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXI
I. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Fight for Position Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
III. Reverses and Failures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
IV. Scott vs. Huntington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
V. Gould vs. Perkins–The Battle at the Omaha Gateway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
VI. Gould, Nicker son and Villard–The Fight for the Eastern Colorado Gateways Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
VII. Competition and Monopoly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
VIII. Expansion 1879-1883–Northwest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
IX. Expansion 1879-1883–Central Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	148
X. Expansion 1879-1883–Southwest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
XI. Financing the Expansion 1879-1883 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
XII. The Boom Bursts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
XIII. The Fight for Trafic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
XIV. The Fight for Traffic–Transcontinental Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	258
XV. Expansion Program Renewed, 1886-1887 Central West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
XVI. Expansion Program Renewed, 1886-1887–Northwest and Southwest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
XVII. Ruinous Competition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
XVIII. Stabilization by Industry-wide Action Interstate Commerce Railway Association Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
XIX. Stabilization by Industry-wide Action Western Traffic Association Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
XX. Stabilization by Corporate Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
XXI. Final 19th Century Transcontinental Building Program Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	388
XXII. Profit and Loss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	401
XXIII. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Copyright year: 1962
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 464
Keywords: Business; American History; Economics; American History; American Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512802313