Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Monthly Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1344
Book Description
The Iron Road in the Prairie State
Author: Simon Cordery
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253019125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253019125
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In 1836, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas agreed on one thing: Illinois needed railroads. Over the next fifty years, the state became the nation's railroad hub, with Chicago at its center. Speculators, greed, growth, and regulation followed as the railroad industry consumed unprecedented amounts of capital and labor. A nationwide market resulted, and the Windy City became the site of opportunities and challenges that remain to this day. In this first-of-its-kind history, full of entertaining anecdotes and colorful characters, Simon Cordery describes the explosive growth of Illinois railroads and its impact on America. Cordery shows how railroading in Illinois influenced railroad financing, the creation of a national economy, and government regulation of business. Cordery's masterful chronicle of rail development in Illinois from 1837 to 2010 reveals how the state's expanding railroads became the foundation of the nation's rail network.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission
Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
With appendices.
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ISBN:
Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
With appendices.
Recasting American Liberty
Author: Barbara Young Welke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521649667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen refused to stop, of women emotionally wrecked from the trauma of nearly missing a platform or street, and women barred from first class ladies' cars because of the color of their skin - Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the dangers of modern life. Gender and race become central to the transformation charted here, as much as the forces of corporate power, modern technology and urban space.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521649667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Through courtroom dramas from 1865 to 1920 - of men forced to jump from moving cars when trainmen refused to stop, of women emotionally wrecked from the trauma of nearly missing a platform or street, and women barred from first class ladies' cars because of the color of their skin - Barbara Welke offers a dramatic reconsideration of the critical role railroads, and streetcars, played in transforming the conditions of individual liberty at the dawn of the twentieth century. The three-part narrative, focusing on the law of accidental injury, nervous shock, and racial segregation in public transit, captures Americans' journey from a cultural and legal ethos celebrating manly independence and autonomy to one that recognized and sought to protect the individual against the dangers of modern life. Gender and race become central to the transformation charted here, as much as the forces of corporate power, modern technology and urban space.
Public Utilities Reports
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1166
Book Description
Public Utilities Reports
Author: Henry Clifford Spurr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1204
Book Description
Freight
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Directories
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Directories
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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