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Item specifics
- Condition
- Series
- Transportation
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Personalized
- No
- MPN
- Does not apply
- Level
- Intermediate
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780875802657
- Subject Area
- Transportation
- Publication Name
- Merging Lines : American Railroads, 1900-1970
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Subject
- Railroads / History
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Item Weight
- 32.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 505 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0875802656
ISBN-13
9780875802657
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1869113
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
505 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Merging Lines : American Railroads, 1900-1970
Publication Year
2001
Subject
Railroads / History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Transportation
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
32.9 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-030354
Reviews
"Railroad history at its best."-- Trains "A superb source of U.S. railroad history and a must read for anyone with an interest in the railroad merger movement."-- The Michigan Railfan "Fascinating.... Saunders has done a masterful job of analyzing the merger movement, in all its complexities and complications. Serious students of railroad history will want to add it to their libraries, as will every college and university library."-- Railroad History "An invaluable source.... The introduction is the cleanest, clearest overview of the American railroad network that this reviewer has ever read."-- Choice
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
385/.1
Synopsis
Why did American railroads decline at the turn of the 20th century into the near-death experience of the 1970s? And why did many railroad mergers in the 50s and 60s make things worse? This book addresses these questions, analysing the role of the railroads in the social/economic fabric of US life., Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse? Saunders addresses these and many other issues in this authoritative history of U.S. railroads and their corporate mergers. Beginning with a wide-ranging analysis of the role of railroads in the economic and social fabric of American life, Saunders traces the causes and results of the twentieth century's "merger mania." Mergers, he explains, were expected to save money, to improve service to customers, and to help railroads compete against other modes of transportation, such as the growing airline and trucking industries. Saunders then gives colorful, richly detailed accounts of the mergers and shows the reasons--including corporate greed and the inept blundering of government regulatory agencies--the outcomes fell far short of expectations. Merging Lines explores the impact of shifting political control of railroads as no history has done before. The fates of both workers and railroad companies were dictated by the rise and fall of business and governmental leaders, including Bill Brosnan, Robert R. Young, Alfred Perlman, President John F. Kennedy, and President Lyndon B. Johnson. As power struggles erupted, the original goals of the mergers were thwarted by consumer frustration, violent labor strikes, and organizational collapse. Saunders explores these and other crucial developments in this extensive work, carefully designed for railroad historians and enthusiasts at any level. Encyclopedic in its scope, Merging Lines includes sixty-eight maps, a list of court cases involving railroad mergers, and a wealth of information on American railroads from coast to coast. An extensively revised, updated, and supplemented edition of Saunders's earlier classic, The Railroad Mergers and the Coming of Conrail (1978), it is essential reading for all who are interested in railroad and transportation history.
LC Classification Number
HE2757 1978.S28 2001
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