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

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

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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
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674422438 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674422438 Cover
Physical Description:	1 online resource (404 p.) :; 3 charts, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 9 tables
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Table of Contents:

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