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The State, the Investor, and the Railroad : The Boston & Albany, 1825-1867 / Stephen Salsbury.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salsbury, Stephen, author.
- Series:
- Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wirtschaft.
- Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
- Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation.
- Western Rail-Road Corporation.
- Local Subjects:
- Boston and Albany Railroad Co.
- Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation.
- Western Rail-Road Corporation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (424 p.): 3 Ktn.
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword / Handlin, Oscar
- Author's Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Maps
- Charts
- CHAPTER I. The Economic Revolution in Massachusetts, 1830
- CHAPTER II. The Issue of State Aid
- CHAPTER III. The Rejection of State Initiative
- CHAPTER IV. The Boston & Worcester Charter: A Triumph of Private Interest
- CHAPTER V. The Construction of the Boston & Worcester
- CHAPTER VI. Running the Boston & Worcester, 1834-1842
- CHAPTER VII. Financing the Western Railroad
- CHAPTER VIII. Rails Across the Mountains
- CHAPTER IX. The Western Railroad in Crisis: An Operating Man's Nightmare
- CHAPTER Χ. Low Fare or High? Elias Hasket Derby vs. William Jackson
- CHAPTER XI. The Embattled Mr. Bliss
- CHAPTER XII. The Worcester Railroad Triumphant, 1844-185
- CHAPTER XIII. Chester W. Chapin and the Formation of the Boston & Albany
- CHAPTER XIV. Conclusion
- Appendixes
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- NOTES
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-42243-0
- OCLC:
- 1013945809
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