Rock Island Requiem
Author | : Gregory L. Schneider |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 0700619186 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780700619184 |
Rating | : 4/5 (184 Downloads) |
Download or read book Rock Island Requiem written by Gregory L. Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the unraveling and demise of the mighty Rock Island Railroad--the largest railroad liquidation in American history. Victim of government regulation, inept management, individual greed, and self-interest, its downfall presents in microcosm the story of the railroad industry's larger problems in postwar America--and in relief, the story of America's economic failures in the 1960s and 1970s.