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Railway Problems, Vol. 2 - Softcover

 
9781587980763: Railway Problems, Vol. 2
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1587980762 ISBN 13: 9781587980763
Publisher: Beard Books, 2000

Synopsis

In this survey of transportation economics, many of the problems encountered by the railroads are examined..

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About the Author

William Zebina Ripley was born Oct. 13, 1867, in Medford, Mass., U.S. American economist and anthropologist whose book The Races of Europe: A Sociological Study (1899) directed the attention of American social scientists to the existence of subdivisions of geographic races. Specifically, Ripley asserted that the European Caucasians can be broadly classified into three local races: the northern (Teutonic) and southern (Mediterranean) populations are probably of extremely ancient origin, but the central (Alpine) group has descended from more recent migrants from Asia. Ripley was trained in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in political economics at Columbia University, New York City (Ph.D., 1893). He spent most of his career as professor of political economy at Harvard University (1902-33). During World War I he served as administrator of labour standards for the U.S. War Department. In 1920-23 he drew up for the Interstate Commerce Commission the Ripley Plan for the regional consolidation of U.S. railways. In 1931-32, while testifying before the U.S. Senate, he advocated close federal restraint on investment trusts and on the financial practices of large business corporations He died Aug. 16, 1941 in Boothbay, Maine

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Publisher
Beard Books
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1587980762
ISBN 13 
9781587980763
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
436
Editor
Ripley William Z.