Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA : the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania - a German-American pioneering achievement / / Eugen Wendler

• Autore: Wendler Eugen
• Pubblicazione: Wiesbaden : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (95 pages)
• Disciplina: 385.09748
• Soggetto topico: Railroads - Pennsylvania - History
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Friedrich List As a Railway Pioneer in the USA
• ISBN: 3-658-34526-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488694303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in Economics