History of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad - Hardcover

Klein, Maury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0025638904 ISBN 13: 9780025638907

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc, 1972

Synopsis

Large 8vo. xvii, 572 pp, list of b&w illustrations and tables, Introduction, 1. A Town Grows Legs: The Birth of the L & N, 2. The State Between the War: The L & N in Wartime, 1861-65; 3. The sinews of Transportation, Part I; 4. The Contours of Postwar Strategy; 5. Combinations and Complications, 1865-73; 6. Northern Invaders and Southern Invasions, 1870-73; 7. The Furies Uncaged: Depression and Expansion, 1872-79; 8. "Newcomb's Octopus": The Zenith of Territorial Expansion, 1879-81; 9. The Financiers Take Charge: Interterritorial Expansion, 1880-83; 10.Scandal and Reorganization, 1884; 11. A Curmudgeon for All Seasons: Milton H. Smith and His Adminsitratiosn; 12. In Pursuit of Profits: Financial Policy, 1885-1902; 13. Tracks to the Door: Developmental Extension, 1885-1902; 14. Childhood's End: Interterritorial Expansion, 1885-1902; 15. Sinews of Transportation, Part II; 16. The Great Freight Rate Debate; 17. Through a Glass Darkly: The L & N in Politics, 1880-1920; 18. Gotterdammerung: The Close of an Era, 1902-21; 19. From Riches to Rags: Prosperity and Depression, 1921-40; 20. Ressurection and Redirection: War and Modernization, 1941-59; Epilogue: Into the Maw of Progress; postscript, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. First Edition, 1972. Black cloth with dark black title plate and stamped L&N to front board, and red and yellow title plates with gilt lettering lettering to spine.

About this edition

• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0025638904
• ISBN 13: 9780025638907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 572