J.P. Morgan and the transportation kings : the Titanic and other disasters / Steven H. Gittelman.
J.P. Morgan and the transportation kings : the Titanic and other disasters / Steven H. Gittelman.
J.P. Morgan and the transportation kings : the Titanic and other disasters / Steven H. Gittelman.
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Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
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N387.5/34
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xiv, 369 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Early Shipping -- 2.American Shipping Consortium -- 3.The Corner -- 4.Economic Expansion -- 5.Community of Interest -- 6.Vanderbilt -- 7.Marc Hanna -- 8.The Creation of Political Leadership -- 9.Roosevelt -- 10.The Business of the Presidency -- 11.The Maritime Subs...
Contents note continued: 35.Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic -- 36.Investigation and Aftermath -- 37.Legacy -- 38.The End of a Dream.
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Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2012.
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Maryland
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c2012.
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"The concept was simple, to link American railroads and global dominance of the seas with a railroad line through China and Russia, enter the back door of Europe, and create new royalty: the Transportation Kings. Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman all pursued the grand dream. They were America's industrial princes, poised for their greatest acc...
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J.P. Morgan and the transportation kings : the Titanic and other disasters / Steven H. Gittelman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-358) and index.
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c2012.
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N387.5/34
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74Vv806pBpZM
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0761858490
9780761858508
0761858504
9780761858492
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387.5
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991014326069702626
