Boston Capitalists and Western Railroads : : A Study in the Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process / / Barry E. Supple, Arthur M. Johnson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, Arthur M.,; Supple, Barry E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Studies in Business History ; 23
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 8 maps, 5 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Preface --; Contents --; Tables --; Maps --; PART I. Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Problem and Its Setting --; PART II. The Era of Preparation --; Chapter 2. Boston as a Center of Capital, 1820–1845 --; Chapter 3. Moving into Railroad Investment: Experience in the East --; PART III. The Era of Involvement --; Chapter 4. The West: Experiment and Opportunity, 1830–1850 --; Chapter 5. Western Railroad Promoters and Boston Capitalists, 1845–1848 --; PART IV. The Era of Commitment --; Chapter 6. Emerging Investment Patterns: The Forbes Group, 1850–1860 --; Chapter 7. Emerging Investment Patterns: Bostonians and the Illinois Central, 1850–1860 --; Chapter 8. Prewar Strategic Investment: The Genesis and Expansion of the C. B. 8c Q. --; Chapter 9. Prewar Railroad Investors: A Brief Appraisal --; PART V. The Era of Systems --; Chapter 10. Bostonians and the Union Pacific Railroad, 1862–1873: Construction and Conflict --; Chapter 11. The С. В. & Q., 1865–1873: Conflicting Strategies of Expansion --; Chapter 12. The Union Pacific Railroad, 1873–1890: Consolidation and Conflict --; Chapter 13. The С. В. & Q., 1874–1890: Completion of the System --; Chapter 14. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1870–1883: A New Response to the Transcontinental Challenge --; Chapter 15. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1880–1890: Financial Aspects of Expansion --; PART VI. Conclusion --; Chapter 16. The Nineteenth–Century Railroad Investment Process: An Overview --; BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX --; Bibliography --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674181304; 9783110353464; 9783110353488; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674181304
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Barry E. Supple, Arthur M. Johnson.