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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451365203321

Autore

Klein Maury <1939->

Titolo

1894-1969 [[electronic resource] /] / Maury Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8166-9664-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (676 p.)

Collana

Union Pacific ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

385/.06578

Soggetti

History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Railroad Short Titles; Map; Prologue: The Funeral, 1916; Part One: The Transformation, 1893-1909; Part Two: The Great Adjustment, 1910-1939; Part Three: The New Railroad, 1940-1969; Epilogue: The Rebirth; Selective Bibliography; Source Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The second volume in the history of the Union Pacific begins after the financial panic of 1893, which pushed the railroad into bankruptcy.Maury Klein examines the challenges faced by the Union Pacific in the new century and how, under the innovative leadership of Edward H. Harriman, the Union Pacific again played the role of industrial pioneer.