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Klein Maury <1939-> |
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Union Pacific . Vol. 2 1894-1969 / / Maury Klein |
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Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (676 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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