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1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages :) : illustrations, portraits |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
J.P. MORGAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION KINGS; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Early Shipping; 2. American Shipping Consortium; 3. The Corner; 4. Economic Expansion; 5. Community of Interest; 6. Vanderbilt; 7. Marc Hanna; 8. The Creation of Political Leadership; 9. Roosevelt; 10. The Business of the Presidency; 11. The Maritime Subsidy Bill; 12. Roosevelt Rises; 13. A Rift Between Friends; 14. The Subsidy Bill Under Debate In Congress; 15. Opposition in Congress; 16. The Loyal Opposition; 17. Pan-American Exposition; 18. A New President; 19. An Uninvited Agenda; 20. The Anti-McKinley. |
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21. Hanna's Last Hurrah22. Financial Contributions to an Incumbent; 23. Harriman and the Far East; 24. Competition in the Far East; 25. Global Interference; 26. The Panic of 1907; 27. Roosevelt is Denied the 1908 Race; 28. Hill and the Far East; 29. Historic Rivalry; 30. Free Ships; 31. Breathing Life into the IMM; 32. The American Invaders!; 33. Cunard; 34. IMM; 35. Lusitania, Aquitania, Mauretania and Titanic; 36. Investigation and Aftermath; 37. Legacy; 38. The End of a Dream; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman were America's industrial princes, planning to link American railroads and a shipping cartel with a railroad line through China and Russia, then into Europe, and create: the Transportation Kings. Poised for great accomplishment, their story ends in the sinking of the Titanic and bitter failure. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913.
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Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913. |
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Titanic (Steamship)
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Titanic (Steamship) |
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Transportation.
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Transportation. |
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Disasters.
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Disasters. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Gittelman, Steven H. J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings : The Titanic and Other Disasters. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2012 9780761858508 |
| ISBN |
9780761858515 (electronic book) |
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0761858512 (electronic book) |
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9780761858492 (clothbound ; alkaline paper) |
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9780761858508 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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