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Regulating railroad innovation: business, technology, and politics in America, 1840-1920
Steven W. Usselman
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page viii)
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Preface and Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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PART I. ASSEMBLING THE MACHINE, 1840-1876 (page 13)
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1 Engines of Expansion and Extractions: The Politics of Development (page 15)
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2 Acquiring Technology: Insider Innovation (page 61)
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3 Patent Problems: Inventors and the Market for Technology (page 97)
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PART II. RUNNING THE MACHINE, 1876-1904 (page 141)
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4 Patent Remedies: Politics, Jurisprudence, and Procedure (page 143)
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5 Mastering Technology, Channeling Change (page 177)
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6 Standardizing Steel Rails: Engineered Innovation (page 215)
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7 Engineering Enshrined (page 242)
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PART III. FRICTION IN THE MACHINE, 1904-1920 (page 269)
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8 Reluctant Innovators: The Annoying Allure of Automatic Train Control (page 273)
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9 The Limits of Engineering: Rate Regulation and the Course of Innovation (page 327)
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Epilogue: The Enduring Challenge of Innovation (page 381)
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Index (page 389)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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BHR | 77.2 (Summer 2003): 297-300 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/30041147 |
AJLH | 46.4 (Oct. 2004): 504-505 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3692410 |
JAH | 90.2 (Sep. 2003): 661-662 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3659503 |
JEL | 41.4 (Dec. 2003): 1319-1321 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3217497 |
TC | 45.1 (Jan. 2004): 159-161 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40060587 |
JEH | 63.1 (Mar. 2003): 277-279 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3132523 |
EnS | 5.2 (Jun. 2004): 334-336 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/enterprise_and_society/v005/5.2sicilia.html |
JIH | 34.3 (Winter 2004): 476-477 | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v034/34.3klein.html |
Citable Link
Published: c2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780511102561 (ebook)
- 9780521806367 (hardcover)
- 9780521001069 (paper)