The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917
(Part of the American Business, Politics, and Society Series)
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"Do not think of the Pennsylvania Railroad as a business enterprise," Forbes magazine informed its readers in May 1936. "Think of it as a nation." At the end of the nineteenth century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest privately owned business corporation in the world. In 1914, the PRR employed more than two hundred thousand people--more than double the number of soldiers in the United States Army. As the self-proclaimed "Standard...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:081224348X
ISBN13:9780812243482
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:968 Pages
Weight:6.45 lbs.
Dimensions:2.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
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