J.P. Morgan and the transportation kings : the Titanic and other disasters / Steven H. Gittelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gittelman, Steven H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation.

Disasters.

Titanic (Steamship).

Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure.

Contents:

J.P. MORGAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION KINGS; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 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 Subsidy Bill; 12. Roosevelt Rises; 13. A Rift Between Friends; 14. The Subsidy Bill Under Debate In Congress; 15. Opposition in Congress; 16. The Loyal Opposition; 17. Pan-American Exposition; 18. A New President; 19. An Uninvited Agenda; 20. The Anti-McKinley

21. Hanna's Last Hurrah22. Financial Contributions to an Incumbent; 23. Harriman and the Far East; 24. Competition in the Far East; 25. Global Interference; 26. The Panic of 1907; 27. Roosevelt is Denied the 1908 Race; 28. Hill and the Far East; 29. Historic Rivalry; 30. Free Ships; 31. Breathing Life into the IMM; 32. The American Invaders!; 33. Cunard; 34. IMM; 35. Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic; 36. Investigation and Aftermath; 37. Legacy; 38. The End of a Dream; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-8172-7

1-280-67982-4

9786613656759

0-7618-5851-2

OCLC:

854519906