Jay Gould : : His Business Career, 1867-1892 /

Jay Gould : : His Business Career, 1867-1892 / / Julius Grodinsky.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Ann...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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Grodinsky, Julius,
Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [1957]
©1957
Year of Publication:1957
Language:English
Series:Anniversary Collection
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Physical Description:1 online resource (630 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Index to Abbreviations of Companies
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Contents
  • CHAPTER I. Introduction
  • CHAPTER II. The Pre-Gould Erie
  • CHAPTER III. Gould Acquires the Erie
  • CHAPTER IV. Gould Expands the Erie
  • CHAPTER V. Gould Manages the Erie
  • CHAPTER VI. Gould Leaves the Erie
  • CHAPTER VII. Gould Acquires the Union Pacific
  • CHAPTERV III. Gould Utilizes the Union Pacific
  • CHAPTER IX. Gould Merges the Union Pacific
  • CHAPTER X. Gould Acquires the Wabash
  • CHAPTER XI. Gould Tempts W. H. Vanderbilt
  • CHAPTER XII. Gould Battles C. E. Perkins
  • CHAPTER XIII. Gould Moves into the Southwest
  • CHAPTER XIV. Gould Acquires the Western Union
  • CHAPTER XV. Gould Acquires Manhattan Elevated
  • CHAPTER XVI. Gould Creates Empire—East
  • CHAPTER XVII. Gould Creates Empire—West
  • CHAPTER XVIII. W. H. Vanderbilt Takes the Offensive
  • CHAPTER XIX. Gould Fights the Burlington
  • CHAPTER XX. Gould Holds in the Southwest
  • CHAPTER XXI. Gould's Empire Crumbles
  • CHAPTER XXII. Gould's Empire Reorganized
  • CHAPTER XXIII. Gould Monopolizes Western Union
  • CHAPTER XXIV. Gould Trades: To 1884
  • CHAPTER XXV. Gould Trades: September 1884-1886
  • CHAPTER XXVI. Gould Expands in Kansas and Colorado
  • CHAPTER XXVII. Gould Contracts and Expands in the Southwest
  • CHAPTER XXVIII. Gould Stabilizes Rates
  • CHAPTER XXIX. Gould Experiments
  • CHAPTER XXX. Conclusion
  • Index

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