Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-350) and index.
Contents
The emergence of the railroad -- The Civil War and federal land grants -- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century -- Arteries of commerce -- Law governing railroad operations -- Railroads and social conflict -- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices -- Property and taxation -- Liability for personal injury -- Railroads in the progressive era -- World War I and the expansion of Federal Regulatory Authority -- Tangled labor relations -- Legal problems of railroad decline.
