Visionary Railroader - Jervis Langdon Jr. And the Transportation Revolution

Informationen zum Autor H. Roger Grant Klappentext H. Roger Grant, Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University, is author of 24 books, most of them on railroad history. He has written company histories of the Chicago & North Western, the Chicago Great Western, the Erie Lackawanna, the Georgia & Florida, and the Wabash railroads. He lives in Central, South Carolina. Zusammenfassung As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. From his role in passing the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to his work on creating the quasi-public Conrail, this book examines the impact of Langdon's active life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Making of a Railroader 2. Railroad Lawyer 3. B&O President 4. Running the Rock 5. Rerailing Penn Central 6. Still Railroading Notes Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: H Roger Grant, H. Roger Grant, H.Roger Grant, Grant H Roger
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.09.2008
• EAN: 9780253352163
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35216-3
• Seiten: 280
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Railroads Past and Present; Railroads Past and Present; Indiana University Press
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Allgemeines, Lexika