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The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917 (American Business, Politics, and Society)
The Pennsylvania Railroad Volume 1 Building an Empire 18461917 - American Business, Politics, and Society
Author: Albert J. Churella
"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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812243482
ISBN-10: 081224348X
Publication Date: 10/15/2012
Pages: 976
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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