Great Events from History: American Series: 1831-1903Salem Press, 1975 - 2047 páginas The three-volume American Series of Great Events from History begins with the arrival of the Indians, the first Americans, from Asia and ends with the first manned lunar landing in 1969. Between these two noteworthy happenings, 336 additional events are studied in depth through the scholarly literature they have inspired. - Preface. |
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... railroad was resolved be- tween Thomas C. Durant , organizer of the Crédit Mobilier of America , and both Oliver and Oakes Ames , Boston financiers . Furthermore , the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad had by then reached Council Bluffs ...
... railroad was resolved be- tween Thomas C. Durant , organizer of the Crédit Mobilier of America , and both Oliver and Oakes Ames , Boston financiers . Furthermore , the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad had by then reached Council Bluffs ...
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... railroad builders . Even with sizable government aid , the promoters had to take great risks in order to fi- nance the project . By means of a math- ematical formula , Fogel concludes that the promoters deserved a profit of $ 11,100,000 ...
... railroad builders . Even with sizable government aid , the promoters had to take great risks in order to fi- nance the project . By means of a math- ematical formula , Fogel concludes that the promoters deserved a profit of $ 11,100,000 ...
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... Railroads : Railroad Regulation and New York Politics , 1850-1887 . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1955. This work traces rail- road reform in detail in the key state of New York . Goodrich , Carter . Government Promotion of ...
... Railroads : Railroad Regulation and New York Politics , 1850-1887 . Cambridge : Harvard University Press , 1955. This work traces rail- road reform in detail in the key state of New York . Goodrich , Carter . Government Promotion of ...
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