Regulating Railroad Innovation
Subtitle: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 18401920
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780521001069
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Economic history; Railway transport industries; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; United States; Railroads - General; Transportation; History: American; North America; USA; United States - General; History / United States / General; Railroads--United States--History; Railroads; History; Technological innovations
First sentence: When a dying Ulysses S. Grant sat down to pen his memoirs, he had no doubts about where to begin.