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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794002503321

Autore

Bryant Keith L.

Titolo

History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway / / Keith L. Bryant Jr., Fred W. Frailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4962-2273-3

Edizione

[New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 411 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

385.0978

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface to the First Edition Preface to the New Edition 1. Colonel Holliday's Vision 2. Texas Cows and Colorado Mountain Passes 3. Russian Wheat Farmers and Boston Capitalists 4. Fred Harvey and His Girls 5. Headlong Expansion 6. The Captains of Industry Reorganize 7. Expansion-Conservative and Controlled 8. From Teakettles to Mallets 9. Federalization and Normalcy 10. Depression, War, and Technological Change 11. The Coming of the Diesel 12. The Chiefs and Chico 13. Decade of Uncertainty 14. The Southern Pacific Fiasco 15. Transformation 16. The Making of BNSF Railway Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Keith L. Bryant Jr. and Fred W. Frailey present a comprehensive history of the financing, construction, growth, and management of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway"-- Provided by publisher