| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 398 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Assembling the machine, 1840-1876 -- Engines of expansion and extraction: the politics of development -- Acquiring technology: insider innovation -- Patent problems: inventors and the market for technology -- pt. 2. Running the machine, 1876-1904 -- Patent remedies: politics, jurisprudence, and procedure -- Mastering technology, channeling change -- Standardizing steel rails: engineered innovation -- Engineering enshrined -- pt. 3. Friction in the machine, 1904-1920 -- Reluctant innovators: the annoying allure of automatic train control -- Limits of engineering: rate regulation and the course of innovation -- Epilogue: the enduring challenge of innovation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroads -- United States -- History.
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Railroads. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Railroads -- Technological innovations.
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Railroads -- Technological innovations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Usselman, Steven W. Regulating railroad innovation. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521806364 0521001064 (DLC) 2001043216 (OCoLC)47717806 |
| ISBN |
0511041764 (electronic book) |
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9780511041761 (electronic book) |
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0511119720 (electronic book) |
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9780511119729 (electronic book) |
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9780511511745 (electronic book) |
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0511511744 (electronic book) |
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9780521806367 |
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0521806364 |
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9780521001069 |
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0521001064 |
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