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The State, the Investor, and the Railroad : The Boston & Albany, 1825-1867 / Stephen Salsbury.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America ; 17Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1967Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (404 p.) : 3 charts, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 9 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674422421
  • 9780674422438
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.7/61/38509744
LOC classification:
  • HE2791.B714
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Author’s Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Maps -- Charts -- CHAPTER I. The Economic Revolution in Massachusetts, 1830 -- CHAPTER II. The Issue of State Aid -- CHAPTER III. The Rejection of State Initiative -- CHAPTER IV. The Boston & Worcester Charter: A Triumph of Private Interest -- CHAPTER V. The Construction of the Boston & Worcester -- CHAPTER VI. Running the Boston & Worcester, 1834–1842 -- CHAPTER VII. Financing the Western Railroad -- CHAPTER VIII. Rails Across the Mountains -- CHAPTER IX. The Western Railroad in Crisis: An Operating Man's Nightmare -- CHAPTER Χ. Low Fare or High? Elias Hasket Derby vs. William Jackson -- CHAPTER XI. The Embattled Mr. Bliss -- CHAPTER XII. The Worcester Railroad Triumphant, 1844-185 -- CHAPTER XIII. Chester W. Chapin and the Formation of the Boston & Albany -- CHAPTER XIV. Conclusion -- Appendixes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- Index

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Author’s Preface -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Maps -- Charts -- CHAPTER I. The Economic Revolution in Massachusetts, 1830 -- CHAPTER II. The Issue of State Aid -- CHAPTER III. The Rejection of State Initiative -- CHAPTER IV. The Boston & Worcester Charter: A Triumph of Private Interest -- CHAPTER V. The Construction of the Boston & Worcester -- CHAPTER VI. Running the Boston & Worcester, 1834–1842 -- CHAPTER VII. Financing the Western Railroad -- CHAPTER VIII. Rails Across the Mountains -- CHAPTER IX. The Western Railroad in Crisis: An Operating Man's Nightmare -- CHAPTER Χ. Low Fare or High? Elias Hasket Derby vs. William Jackson -- CHAPTER XI. The Embattled Mr. Bliss -- CHAPTER XII. The Worcester Railroad Triumphant, 1844-185 -- CHAPTER XIII. Chester W. Chapin and the Formation of the Boston & Albany -- CHAPTER XIV. Conclusion -- Appendixes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- Index

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