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Wendler Eugen |
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Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA : the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania - a German-American pioneering achievement / / Eugen Wendler |
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Wiesbaden : , : Springer, , [2021] |
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©2021 |
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1 online resource (95 pages) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in Economics |
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Railroads - Pennsylvania - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Intro -- Foreword by Tom McMahon former Mayor of Reading PA. -- Welcoming address by Thomas Keck Lord Major of Reutlingen -- Foreword by the author -- Contents -- Part 1: The historical significance of Friedrich List -- Part 2: The American exile of Friedrich List from 1825 to 1832 -- Part 3: Unspoiled wilderness and rugged nature in the Blue Montain range of Pennsylvania in the first half of the 19th Century. -- Part 4: The extensive extermination of the Indians by white settlers and Friedrich List's stance -- Part 5: The growing importance of coal in the course of early industrialization -- Part 6: The emergence of anthracite coal, its rise and fall -- Part 7: Friedrich List's discovery of a coal deposit in Pennsylvania -- Part 8: The construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad -- Part 9: The acknowledgment of List's achievements in the construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad by Dr. Isaac Hiester -- Part 10: Tamaqua and Port Clinton - the two endpoints of the Little Schuylkill Railroad -- Part 11: The first positive effects of the Little Schuylkill Railroad -- Part 12 - Appendix: Dr. Karl (Charles) Neidhard (1809-1895), stepson of Friedrich List - a pioneer of homeopathy in the USA -- Bibliography -- Bookpublications of the author. |
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