Boston Capitalists and Western Railroads : : A Study in the Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process / / Barry E. Supple, Arthur M. Johnson.
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| 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 ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 8 maps, 5 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- 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