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Rainbow's end : the crash of 1929
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ISBN: 0195135164 0195158016 1602567034 0198030908 1280655380 0195302354 9780195158014 9780198030904 Year: 2003 Volume: *1 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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The Crash of '29 is one of the key moments in American, and indeed world history. This narrative historian addresses its effects on both business and society, and recreates the coming together of economic forces culminating in this disaster.

The genesis of industrial America, 1870-1920
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ISBN: 9780511817946 9780521859783 9780521677097 9780511342646 0511342640 0511817940 9780511341588 051134158X 0521859786 0521677092 1107177642 1281085227 9786611085223 051134211X 0511341008 0511568916 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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This book, first published in 2007, offers a bold new interpretation of American business history during the formative years 1870-1920, which mark the dawn of modern big business. It focuses on four major revolutions that ushered in this new era: those in power, transportation, communication, and organization. Using the metaphor of America as an economic hothouse uniquely suited to rapid economic growth during these years, it analyzes the interplay of key factors such as entrepreneurial talent, technology, land, natural resources, law, mass markets, and the rise of cities. It also delineates the process that laid the foundation for the modern era, in which virtually every human activity became a business, and, in most cases, a big business. The book also profiles numerous major entrepreneurs whose careers and activities illustrate broader trends and themes. It utilizes a wide variety of sources, including novels from the period, to produce a lively narrative.

The life & legend of E.H. Harriman
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ISBN: 0807860778 9780807860779 9780807838037 0807838039 0807825174 9780807825174 9798890872371 9798890872388 Year: 2000 Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press,

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"To Americans living in the first years of the twentieth century, E.H. Harriman was as familiar a name as J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie. Like his fellow businessmen, Harriman (1847-1909) had essentially become the symbol for an entire industry: Morgan stood for banking, Rockefeller for oil, Carnegie for iron and steel - and Harriman for railroads. But despite his stature, Harriman has remained a surprisingly understudied figure. With this book, Maury Klein offers the first in-depth biography in more than seventy-five years of "The Man Who Saved the Railroads."" "With its new insights into the myths and controversies that surround Harriman's career, this book reasserts his legacy as one of the great turn-of-the-century business titans."--Jacket.


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Union Pacific
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ISBN: 0190254637 1283160218 9786613160218 0199708584 9780199708581 9781283160216 9780190254636 9780195369892 0195369890 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York Oxford University Press

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Praised by the Chicago Tribune as ""thoroughly and compellingly detailed history,"" Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the Union Pacific--the oldest, largest, and most successful railroad of modern times--fully up to date. The book follows the trajectory of an icon of the industrial age trying to negotiate its way in a post-railway world, plagued by setbacks such as labor disputes, aging infrastructure, government de-regulation, ill-fated mergers, and more. By 19


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The genesis of industrial America, 1870-1920
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ISBN: 9780511817946 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Le Krach de 1929
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ISBN: 9782251381015 2251381015 Year: 2009 Volume: 100 Publisher: Paris : Les Belles Lettres,

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After Promontory : One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading.
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ISBN: 9780253039637 Year: 2019 Publisher: New York Indiana University Press

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