The life & legend of E.H. Harriman
By: by Maury Klein
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9780807825174
Subjects: Edward Henry Harriman; Railroads; Biographie; Capitalists and financiers; Biography; History
Other titles: Life and legend of E.H. Harriman
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-504) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Prologue: Mr. Kennan writes a biography; title: Duchy, 1848; title: 1898: Sources of pride and strength; title: Sources of advancement; title: Sources of growth; title: Sources of education; title: Sources of revelation; title: Sources of opportunity; title: Kingdom, 1898; title: 1900: Going west; title: Going for broke; title: Going modern; title: Going back together; title: Going elsewhere; title: Going north; title: Empire, 1900; title: 1904; title: Seeking order; title: Seeking an advantage; title: Seeking trump; title: Seeking hegemony; title: Seeking the perfect machine; title: Seeking the perfect organization; title: Seeking the world; title: Seeking relief; title: Immolation, 1904; title: 1909; title: Fighting the tide; title: Fighting formidable foes; title: Fighting others' fights; title: Fighting a former friend; title: Fighting a formidable friend; title: Fighting nature; title: Fighting for survival; title: Fighting back; title: Fighting the inevitable; title: Epilogue: the good that men do; title: Notes; title: Index.