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Railroads and American law / James W. Ely, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ely, James W., Jr., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroad law--United States--History.
- Railroad law.
- Railroads and state--United States--History.
- Railroads and state.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2001]
- Contents:
- The emergence of the railroad
- The Civil War and federal land grants
- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century
- Arteries of commerce
- Law governing railroad operations
- Railroads and social conflict
- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices
- Property and taxation
- Liability for personal injury
- Railroads in the progressive era
- World War I and the expansion of Federal Regulatory Authority
- Tangled labor relations
- Legal problems of railroad decline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-350) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0700611444
- OCLC:
- 47050328
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