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Autore |
Hofsommer Donovan L |
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The hook & eye [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Iowa Central Railway / / Don L. Hofsommer |
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Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, c2005 |
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0-8166-9683-7 |
0-8166-4498-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (171 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-145) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acronyms and Shortened Names; 1. Urban Mercantilism; 2. Iowa Central Railroad: Great Plans, Grand Failure; 3. Eldora Railroad & Coal Company; 4. Iowa River Railway; 5. Central Railroad Company of Iowa; 6. The Tangled Ways of Finance; 7.The Hook & Eye; 8. Iowa Central Railway; 9. Enter the Twentieth Century; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Analyzing the origins, growth, and eventual dismantling of the Iowa Central Railway, Don L. Hofsommer examines how this "plain vanilla" railway was an example of the life cycle of the American railroad industry. Drawing the story from station records, ann |
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