Union Pacific: the reconfiguration : America's greatest railroad from 1969 to the present
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Main Author: Klein, Maury (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press ©2011
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
I: The Kenefick Era, 1970-1985 -- The industry -- The fat old lady -- the new approach -- The godfather -- The shifting landscape -- The corporate relationship -- The return of Humpty Dumpty -- The year of decisions -- The new partners -- The coming together -- The right stuff -- The operation -- The marketing maze -- The studies -- II: The Walsh Era, 1986-1991 -- The succession scramble -- The whirlwind -- The quest for quality -- The enigmatic dynamo -- The problem -- The unstable chessboard -- III: The Davidson era, 1992-2004 -- The empire -- The improbable leader -- The bidding war -- The shaking out -- The sorting out -- The changing of the guard -- The nightmare -- The road to redemption -- The lessons learned -- The clash of styles -- The lessons relearned -- Epilogue: The next railroad
Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 508 pages, [16] pages of plates)
ISBN:0195369890
0199708584
9780195369892
9780199708581

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