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EBOOK Union Pacific:The Reconfiguration: America's Greatest Railroad from 1969 to the Present
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199910410
EAN: 1A0CBDB3EB
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Stron: 520
Data wydania: 2011
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Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "e;thoroughly and compellingly detailed history,"e;        Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad        covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of        the Union Pacific--the oldest, largest, and most successful railroad of modern        times--fully up to date.The book follows the trajectory of an icon of the industrial        age trying to negotiate its way in a post-railway world, plagued by setbacks such as        labor disputes, aging infrastructure, government de-regulation, ill-fated mergers,        and more. By 1969 the same company that a century earlier had triumphantly driven        the golden spike into Promontory Summit--to immortalize the nation's first        transcontinental railway--seemed a dinosaur destined for financial ruin. But as        Klein shows, the Union Pacific not only survived but is once more thriving, which        proves that railways remain critical to commerce and industry in America, even as        passenger train travel has all but disappeared. Drawing on interviews with Union        Pacific personnel past and present, Klein takes readers inside the great        railroad--into its boardrooms and along its tracks--to show how the company adapted        to the rapidly changing world of modern transportation. The book also offers        fascinating portraits of the men who have run the railroad. The challenges they        faced, and the strategies they developed to meet them, give readers a rare glimpse        into the inner workings of one of America's great companies.A capstone on a        remarkable achievement, Union Pacific: The Reconfiguration will appeal to        historians, business scholars, and transportation buffs alike.

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