Lloyd J. Mercer

E.H. Harriman (eBook, ePUB)

Master Railroader

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating looks at E.H. Harriman, the man, railroad financier, and manager, helps to dispel the myths about this entrepreneurial giant and to define the valuable legacies that he left to following generations. Lloyd J. Mercer sketches Harriman's career from an office boy of fourteen to chief executive of the greatest railroad system in the United States, if not the world, examining in detail each of Harriman's major railroad endeavors. Here is an honest, balanced portrait of the man, based not on emotion, but on scientific analysis of his accomplishments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beard Group, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781587981883
• Artikelnr.: 53227368

Autorenporträt

Lloyd J. Mercer is a Professor of Economics at the University of California in Santa Barbara, where he has taught for 36 years. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He has published numerous articles in the areas of economics history and water resource economics. He is also the author of "Railroads and Land Grant Policy: A Study in Government Intervention"