Boston Capitalists and Western Railroads : A Study in the Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process / Barry E. Supple, Arthur M. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Arthur M., author.

Supple, Barry E., author.

Series:

Harvard Studies in Business History

Harvard Studies in Business History ; 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--United States--Finance.

Local Subjects:

Railroads--United States--Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.): 8 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Boston Capitalists and Western Railroads".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword

Preface

Contents

Tables

Maps

PART I. Introduction

Chapter 1. The Problem and Its Setting

PART II. The Era of Preparation

Chapter 2. Boston as a Center of Capital, 1820-1845

Chapter 3. Moving into Railroad Investment: Experience in the East

PART III. The Era of Involvement

Chapter 4. The West: Experiment and Opportunity, 1830-1850

Chapter 5. Western Railroad Promoters and Boston Capitalists, 1845-1848

PART IV. The Era of Commitment

Chapter 6. Emerging Investment Patterns: The Forbes Group, 1850-1860

Chapter 7. Emerging Investment Patterns: Bostonians and the Illinois Central, 1850-1860

Chapter 8. Prewar Strategic Investment: The Genesis and Expansion of the C. B. 8c Q.

Chapter 9. Prewar Railroad Investors: A Brief Appraisal

PART V. The Era of Systems

Chapter 10. Bostonians and the Union Pacific Railroad, 1862-1873: Construction and Conflict

Chapter 11. The С. В. & Q., 1865-1873: Conflicting Strategies of Expansion

Chapter 12. The Union Pacific Railroad, 1873-1890: Consolidation and Conflict

Chapter 13. The С. В. & Q., 1874-1890: Completion of the System

Chapter 14. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1870-1883: A New Response to the Transcontinental Challenge

Chapter 15. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1880-1890: Financial Aspects of Expansion

PART VI. Conclusion

Chapter 16. The Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process: An Overview

BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-18130-1

OCLC:

1013936562