The Pennsylvania Railroad / Albert J. Churella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Churella, Albert J., 1964-

Series:

American business, politics, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania Railroad--History.

Pennsylvania Railroad.

Pennsylvania Railroad (Corporate Name).

History.

Pennsylvania--Railroad.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011-

Summary:

First volume covers the antecedents of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the company's formation, and its rapid growth during late nineteenth-early twentieth century. Includes an overview of transportation patterns in Pennsylvania prior to 1846, the chartering of the PRR, midwestern connections, postwar rivalry, extension into the south and west to the Pacific Ocean, economic depression in the 1870s, efforts to control competition in the 1880s, growth of interstate commerce , creation of efficient technological systems, implications of growth in coal production, and evolution of government regulation.

Contents:

v. 1. Building an empire, 1846-1917

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Rupp Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780812243482 ;