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The railroad question; a historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses. By William Larrabee.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Rupp Collection HE1051 .L34
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larrabee, William, 1832-1912.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads.
- Railroads--United States.
- Railroads and state--United States.
- Railroads and state.
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1898.
- Physical Description:
- 457, xvii, 477-488 p. front. (port.) 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Ninth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, The Schulte publishing company, 1898.
- Contents:
- History of transportation
- The history of the railroads
- History of railroads in the United States
- Monopoly in transportation
- Railroad abuses
- Stock and bond inflation
- Combinations
- Railroads in politics
- Railroad literature
- Railroad literature-continued
- Railroads and railroad legislation in Iowa
- The interstate commerce act
- The rate question
- Remedies.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in dark blue cloth stamped with black wraparound pictorial of a train, title in black.
- Cited in:
- Minsky, Richard. American decorated publishers' bindings, 1872-1929 (electronic resource), v. 2, pg. 59
- OCLC:
- 6945497
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