Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA : the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania--- a German-American pioneering achievement / Eugen Wendler.
Wendler, Eugen, author.
2021
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Title Friedrich List as a railway pioneer in the USA : the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania--- a German-American pioneering achievement / Eugen Wendler.
Author Wendler, Eugen, author.
Uniform Title Friedrich List als Eisenbahnpionier in den USA. English
ISBN 9783658345266 (electronic bk.)
3658345268 (electronic bk.)
9783658345259 (print)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6
Published Wiesbaden : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xvi, 80 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-658-34526-6 doi
Call Number TF24.P4
Dewey Decimal Classification 625.1009748
Summary This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents. The content - The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832) - Friedrich List and the indigenous American population - The importance of coal for the early industrialization - List`s railway project - the obstacles and first successes.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 12, 2021).
Series SpringerBriefs in economics, 2191-5504
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783658345259
Print version: 9783658345273
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The historical significance of Friedrich List
The American exile of Friedrich List from 1825 to 1832
Unspoiled wilderness and rugged nature in the Blue Mountain range of Pennsylvania in the first half of the 19th Century
The extensive extermination of the Indians by white settlers and Friedrich List's stance
The growing importance of coal in the course of early industrialization
The emergence of anthracite coal, its rise and fall
Friedrich List's discovery of a coal deposit in Pennsylvania
The construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
The acknowledgment of List's achievements in the construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad by Dr. Isaac Hiester
Tamaqua and Port Clinton
the two endpoints of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
The first positive effects of the Little Schuylkill Railroad
Appendix: Dr. Karl (Charles) Neidhard (1809-1895), step-son of Friedrich List
a pioneer of homeopathy in the USA.

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