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Western Union and the creation of the American corporate order, 1845-1893 / Joshua D. Wolff.
Lippincott Library HE7797.W53 W65 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolff, Joshua D., 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Western Union Telegraph Company.
- Telegraph--United States--History--19th century.
- Telegraph.
- Telecommunication--United States--Management--History--19th century.
- Telecommunication.
- Monopolies--United States--History--19th century.
- Monopolies.
- Corporations--United States--History--19th century.
- Corporations.
- History.
- Management.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 305 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- The meanest property in the world
- Midwife to monopoly
- "An entering wedge" against monopoly
- "A very big thing"
- No middle ground
- The specter of competition
- First time tragedy, second time farce
- Octopus of the wires.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781107012288
- 1107012287
- OCLC:
- 825106755
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