The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890

The American Railroad Network, 1861-1890
Author: George Rogers Taylor
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1956
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780252071140

Rapid population growth in the Great Plains and the American West after the Civil War was the result not only of railroad expansion but of a collaboration among competing railroads to adopt a uniform width for track. This title shows how the consolidation of smaller railroads and the growth of capitalism worked to unify the railroad industry.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: J. Scott-Keltie
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1003
Release: 2016-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230253172

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record

Trübner's American and Oriental Literary Record
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1002
Release: 1869
Genre:
ISBN:

A monthly register of the most important works published in North and South America, in India, China, and the British colonies: with occasional notes on German, Dutch, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian books.