Railroads and American Law

by James W. Ely Jr.

No enterprise is so seductive as a railroad for the influence it exerts, the power it gives, and the hope of gain it offers.--Poor's Manual of Railroads (1900

At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611444
• ISBN13: 9780700611447
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 11.8"