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UNINA9910451381003321 |
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Hidy Ralph W (Ralph Willard), <1905-1977.> |
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Titolo |
Great Northern Railway [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Ralph W. Hidy ... [et al.] |
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Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, 2004 |
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[First University of Minnesota Press ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series |
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HidyRalph W <1905-1977.> (Ralph Willard) |
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Railroads - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c1988. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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pt. 1. 1856 to 1916 -- pt. 2. 1916 to 1970. |
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In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hill--known as the Empire Builder--to its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, when the eight-thousand-mile Great Northern was incorporated into the massive Burlington Northern. The Great Northern Railway highlights the changes brought on by economic, political, social, and technological advances, including world wars, increased competition from other modes of transportation, and tighter government restrictions. The first part of the book (1856-1916) examines the railway's early strategies and philosophy, relations with employees, and vigorous campaigns to develop the service area. The second part of the history (1916-1970) offers an assessment of a dramatic period of transition for the railroad-international conflicts, the Great Depression, the rise of motor vehicles, increasing labor costs, and stronger unions. Illustrated with more than two hundred maps, period photographs, and drawings, the volume also includes appendixes listing the original track-laying history, track removals, ruling grades on main freight routes, and main line ruling grades from |
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UNINA9910954532303321 |
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A companion to the ancient Near East / / edited by Daniel C. Snell |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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9786610198689 |
9781405185042 |
140518504X |
9781782685739 |
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9781280198687 |
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9780470706473 |
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9780470997086 |
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9781405137393 |
1405137398 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xix, 504 pages : illustrations) |
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Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history |
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Middle East Civilization To 622 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index. |
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Intro -- A COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East -- 1 Historical Overview -- 2 From Sedentism to States, 10, 000-3000 BCE -- 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE -- 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE -- Part II Discourses on Methods -- 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits -- 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East -- 7 The Historian's Task -- Part III |
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Economy and Society -- 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment -- 9 Nomadism Through the Ages -- 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside -- 11 Money and Trade -- 12 Working -- 13 Law and Practice -- 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East -- 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt -- 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East -- 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt -- Part IV Culture -- 18 Transmission of Knowledge -- 19 Literature -- 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture -- 21 Mesopotamian Art -- 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine -- 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology -- 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship -- 25 How Religion Was Done -- Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East -- 26 The Invention of the Individual -- 27 Ethnicity -- 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East -- 29 Democracy and Freedom -- 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion -- 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East -- 32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East -- References -- Index. |
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A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. * Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians * Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history * Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds * Provides a useful bibliographical guide to this field of study |
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