Bücher online kaufen
History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Vorbestellbar | Lieferzeit: Vorbestellbar - Erscheint laut Verlag im/am 01.06.2024. I
Erstverkaufstag: 01.06.2024
Artikel-Nr:
9781496238856
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.06.2024
Seiten:
434
Autor:
Keith L Bryant
Gewicht:
748 g
Format:
254x178x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Keith L. Bryant Jr. is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Akron. He is the author of five books, including Culture in the American Southwest: The Earth, the Sky, the People. Fred W. Frailey was a writer for Trains magazine for four decades and is the author or coauthor of six books about railroads, including Twilight of the Great Trains.
This new edition of the first comprehensive history of the financing, construction, growth, and management of the iconic Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway includes nearly twenty-five more years of history.
List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface to the First Edition Preface to the New Edition 1. Colonel Holliday’s Vision 2. Texas Cows and Colorado Mountain Passes 3. Russian Wheat Farmers and Boston Capitalists 4. Fred Harvey and His Girls 5. Headlong Expansion 6. The Captains of Industry Reorganize 7. Expansion—Conservative and Controlled 8. From Teakettles to Mallets 9. Federalization and Normalcy 10. Depression, War, and Technological Change 11. The Coming of the Diesel 12. The Chiefs and Chico 13. Decade of Uncertainty 14. The Southern Pacific Fiasco 15. Transformation 16. The Making of BNSF Railway Notes Bibliographic Essay Index