Railroads and American law
The emergence of the railroad -- The Civil War and federal land grants -- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century -- Arteries of commerce -- Law governing railroad operations -- Railroads and social conflict -- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices -- Property and taxation -- Li...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lawrence, Kan.
Univ. Press of Kansas
2001
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| Online Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The emergence of the railroad -- The Civil War and federal land grants -- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century -- Arteries of commerce -- Law governing railroad operations -- Railroads and social conflict -- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices -- Property and taxation -- Liability for personal injury -- Railroads in the progressive era -- World War I and the expansion of federal regulatory authority -- Tangled labor relations -- Legal problems of railroad decline |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (S. 333 - 355) and index |
| Beschreibung: | IX, 365 S Ill |
| ISBN: | 0700611444 0-7006-1144-4 |