Harriman vs. Hill : Wall Street's great railroad war / Larry Haeg.
Harriman vs. Hill : Wall Street's great railroad war / Larry Haeg.
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Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
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G 2013/4698
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English
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pages cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis Personae, 1901 -- Introduction: A Railroad World -- 1. Mr. Morgan and Mr. Hill -- 2. Mr. Harriman and Mr. Schiff -- 3. The End of the "Days of Small Things" -- 4. The Battle for the Burlington -- 5. "Peacemakers"...
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Publisher
Minneapolis University of Minnesota Press, [2013]
Place of Publication
Minnesota
Date Published
[2013]
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- HISTORY / United States / General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation
- TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
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" In 1901, the Northern Pacific was an unlikely prize: a twice-bankrupt construction of the federal government, it was a two-bit railroad (literally--five years back, its stock traded for twenty-five cents a share). But it was also a key to connecting eastern markets through Chicago to the rising West. Two titans of American railroads set their sig...
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Harriman vs. Hill : Wall Street's great railroad war / Larry Haeg.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2013/4698
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74VK6EDAxEPd
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ISBN
9780816683659 (pb)
9780816683642 (hardback)
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385.1097309041
MMS ID
991020935679702626
