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Informationen zum Autor Simon Cordery researches, writes, and rides on railroads on both sides of the Atlantic. He is Chair of the History Department at Iowa State University and heads the Inductions Committee of the National Railroad Hall of Fame. A member of the Lexington Group in Transportation History, he has published two other books and numerous articles. Klappentext Simon Cordery researches, writes, and rides on railroads on both sides of the Atlantic. He is Chair of the History Department at Iowa State¿University and¿heads the Inductions Committee of the National Railroad Hall of Fame. A¿member of the Lexington Group in Transportation History,¿he has published two¿other¿books and numerous articles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Preliminaries 2. Development Delayed 3. Optimism Revived 4. Cultivating the Prairie 5. Financing Railroads 6. Civil War, Fire, and Expansion 7. Illinois Railroad Labor 8. A Kaleidoscope of Regulations 9. Panic and Innovation 10. Bridge Building and "Over-Building" 11. Excursions and Interurbans 12. Coal and Competition 13. Progressive Regulation 14. World War I and the 1920s 15. Depression, Dieselization, and War 16. Post-War Challenges 17. National Solutions? 18. Salvation Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
