| Autore |
Wendler Eugen
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Wiesbaden : , : Springer, , [2021]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (95 pages)
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| Disciplina |
385.09748
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| Collana |
SpringerBriefs in Economics
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| Soggetto topico |
Railroads - Pennsylvania - History
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| ISBN |
3-658-34526-8
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910488694303321 |