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Informationen zum Autor Steven H. Gittelman has served as president of the Board of Trustees at The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum for fifteen years. In his previous book, Gittelman followed his subject around the world to fashion his biography of Willie K. Vanderbilt. During that search, an obscure article in the New York Times provided him with a thread that unraveled this fascinating tale of the men who aspired global transportation dominance and how each one chased his own version of the dream, only to taste bitter failure. Klappentext Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were Americäs industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure. Zusammenfassung Vanderbilt! Hill! Morgan! and Harriman were America's industrial princes! planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia! then into Europe! and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment! their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue1. Early Shipping2. American Shipping Consortium3. The Corner4. Economic Expansion5. Community of Interest6. Vanderbilt7. Marc Hanna8. The Creation of Political Leadership9. Roosevelt10. The Business of the Presidency11. The Maritime Subsidy Bill12. Roosevelt Rises13. A Rift Between Friends14. The Subsidy Bill Under Debate In Congress15. Opposition in Congress16. The Loyal Opposition 17. Pan-American Exposition 18. A New President19. An Uninvited Agenda20. The Anti-McKinley21. Hannäs Last Hurrah22. Financial Contributions to an Incumbent 23. Harriman and the Far East 24. Competition in the Far East 25. Global Interference 26. The Panic of 1907 27. Roosevelt is Denied the 1908 Race28. Hill and the Far East 29. Historic Rivalry 30. Free Ships 31. Breathing Life into the IMM 32. The American Invaders!33. Cunard 34. IMM 35. Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic36. Investigation and Aftermath 37. Legacy 38. The End of a Dream Afterword Notes BibliographyIndex About the Author...
