J.p. Morgan and the Transportation Kings - The Titanic and Other Disasters

Informationen zum Autor By Steven H. Gittelman Klappentext 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. 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. Hanna's 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

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• Authors: Steven Gittelman, Steven H Gittelman, Steven H. Gittelman, Gittelman Steven H.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2012
• EAN: 9780761858508
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5850-8
• No. of pages: 412
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Disaster;J.P. Morgan;Shipwreck;Titanic;Titanic Centennial