Steven W. Usselman

Regulating Railroad Innovation

Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840 1920

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of America's efforts to regulate expanding railroad technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780521001069
• ISBN-10: 0521001064
• Artikelnr.: 21556752

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Assembling the Machine, 1840-76: 1. Engines of expansion and extraction: the politics of development
2. Acquiring technology: insider innovation
3. Patent problems: inventors and the market for technology
Part II. Running the Machine, 1876-1904: 4. Patent remedies: politics, jurisprudence, and procedure
5. Mastering technology, channeling change
6. Standardizing steel rails: engineered innovation
7. Engineering enshrined
Part III. Friction in the Machine, 1904-20: 8. Reluctant innovators: the annoying allure of automatic train control
9. The limits of engineering: rate regulation and the course of innovation
Epilogue: the enduring challenge of innovation.