American Railroad Politics, 1914–1920
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American Railroad Politics, 1914–1920

Rates, Wages and Efficiency

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American Railroad Politics, 1914–1920

Rates, Wages and Efficiency

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This book examines the concern of a variety of interest groups with federal policy toward railroads, concentrating on the crucial years during World War I when the federal government ran the industry, and prior to the passage of the Transportation Act of 1920. Through extensive archival research, James A. Kerr describes the political dealings among those involved in railroad-government relations: labor leaders; shippers; railroad executives; and financiers; and analyzes the motivations that influenced policymaking.

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Year
2010
ISBN
9780822975694
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. I. Introduction
  4. II. The Development of Railroad Politics to 1917
  5. III. Railroad Politics and the Transportation Crisis of 1917
  6. IV. Federal Control and Political Change: Management and Labor
  7. V. Federal Control and Political Change: Shippers and Commissioners
  8. VI. Scientific Management and the Framework of Railroad Politics: 1919
  9. VII. Railroad Labor and the Politics of Efficiency
  10. VIII. The Shipper Defense of the Regulatory System
  11. IX. Congress and Railroad Politics: The Transportation Act of 1920
  12. X. Railroads the Politics of Efficiency
  13. Bibliography Note
  14. Index