Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South

by William G. Thomas

Book Overview

Providing an account of railroad monopoly power, tracing its sources and effects in the southern political economy, this text introduces the southern lawyers who represented railroads between 1880 and 1916. It examines their role in the political economy of the region during this period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807123676
• ISBN13: 9780807123676
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.