The State, the Investor, and the Railroad : : The Boston & Albany, 1825-1867 / / Stephen Salsbury.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Salsbury, Stephen,
• MitwirkendeR: Handlin, Oscar,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (404 p.) :; 3 charts, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 9 tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Author’s Preface --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Tables --; Maps --; Charts --; CHAPTER I. The Economic Revolution in Massachusetts, 1830 --; CHAPTER II. The Issue of State Aid --; CHAPTER III. The Rejection of State Initiative --; CHAPTER IV. The Boston & Worcester Charter: A Triumph of Private Interest --; CHAPTER V. The Construction of the Boston & Worcester --; CHAPTER VI. Running the Boston & Worcester, 1834–1842 --; CHAPTER VII. Financing the Western Railroad --; CHAPTER VIII. Rails Across the Mountains --; CHAPTER IX. The Western Railroad in Crisis: An Operating Man's Nightmare --; CHAPTER Χ. Low Fare or High? Elias Hasket Derby vs. William Jackson --; CHAPTER XI. The Embattled Mr. Bliss --; CHAPTER XII. The Worcester Railroad Triumphant, 1844-185 --; CHAPTER XIII. Chester W. Chapin and the Formation of the Boston & Albany --; CHAPTER XIV. Conclusion --; Appendixes --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; NOTES --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674422438; 9783110353488; 9783110353556; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674422438
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stephen Salsbury.