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The Death of a Great Company: Reflections on the Decline and Fall of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company - Softcover
Book includes the history of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, one of the United States' oldest companies, from its earliest days to its final end. Book is illustrated throughout with black and white photos. “The Old Company” as it was known to the coal industry, one of the oldest companies in the United States whose founders were among the most significant contributors to the development of America, ceased to exist. Why after 150 years of growth? What went awry that caused this company to be put to rest? This is the story of Old Company’s Lehigh, the founding years and growth of the company. However, special emphasis is placed on the final active years when one thing after another went wrong, leading to the liquidation of virtually all its assets and the untimely death of a great company. Book offers a microscopic view of the broader deindustrialization that had transformed the American economic landscape in the post-WWII era. Book describes the rise and fall of a Pennsylv
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- PublisherCenter for Canal History &
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0930973011
- ISBN 13 9780930973018
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages161
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The Death of a Great Company: Reflections on the Decline and Fall of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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Center for Canal History and Technology
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ISBN 10: 0930973011
ISBN 13: 9780930973018
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: VG-. Some rubbing & edgewear; small creases & chips at edges; scratches & pokes at top of cover; some yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 161 pages + fold-out map inside back cover. Seller Inventory # 42327
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