Author: Derrick JensenPublisher: Keokee Company Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Railroads and Clearcuts
Author: Derrick JensenPublisher: Keokee Company Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Future City on the Inland Sea
Author: Eric D. OlmansonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780821442258
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Railroads and Land Grant Policy
Author: Lloyd J. MercerPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483257991
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Railroads and Land Grant Policy: A Study in Government Intervention attempts to replace a major part of the railroad land grant legend (according to which the granting of federal and state land to private railroad firms benefitted these firms more than it contributed to society as a whole) with some real numbers and analysis. An attempt is made to put the income and wealth distribution impact of the railroad land grants in perspective, but thorough analysis of this issue is not undertaken. The primary question this study does try to illuminate is that of the effect of the railroad land grants on economic efficiency. This emphasis was chosen because it seems clear that improvement of economic efficiency was the major goal that Congress and various state legislatures sought to attain, and thus the examination of economic efficiency questions is fundamental to evaluation of railroad land grant policy. This study will not completely replace the railroad land grant legend (because much is not covered here), but it does represent a considerable diminution of that legend.
Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office, for the Year 1867
Author: United States. General Land OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homestead law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Railroad Land Grants from Canals to Transcontinentals
Author: Thomas E. RootPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This monograph addresses the legal history of railroad land grants, including treatment of mineral rights.
The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910
Author: Reuben McKitrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
1862-1962 Centennial
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homestead law
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Collectible Stocks and Bonds from North American Railroads
Author: Terry CoxPublisher: Terry Cox
ISBN: 0974648507
Category : Bonds
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads
Author: John F. StoverPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415921404
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
First published in 1999
Railroaded
Author: Richard WhitePublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0393342379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations." —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book Review The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the West, and opened new ways of life and work. Their discriminatory rates sparked a new antimonopoly politics. The transcontinentals were pivotal actors in the making of modern America, but the triumphal myths of the golden spike, Robber Barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.