Frontmatter
Foreword
Preface
Contents
Tables
Maps
PART I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The Problem and Its Setting
PART II. The Era of Preparation
Chapter 2. Boston as a Center of Capital, 1820-1845
Chapter 3. Moving into Railroad Investment: Experience in the East
PART III. The Era of Involvement
Chapter 4. The West: Experiment and Opportunity, 1830-1850
Chapter 5. Western Railroad Promoters and Boston Capitalists, 1845-1848
PART IV. The Era of Commitment
Chapter 6. Emerging Investment Patterns: The Forbes Group, 1850-1860
Chapter 7. Emerging Investment Patterns: Bostonians and the Illinois Central, 1850-1860
Chapter 8. Prewar Strategic Investment: The Genesis and Expansion of the C. B. 8c Q.
Chapter 9. Prewar Railroad Investors: A Brief Appraisal
PART V. The Era of Systems
Chapter 10. Bostonians and the Union Pacific Railroad, 1862-1873: Construction and Conflict
Chapter 11. The С. В. & Q., 1865-1873: Conflicting Strategies of Expansion
Chapter 12. The Union Pacific Railroad, 1873-1890: Consolidation and Conflict
Chapter 13. The С. В. & Q., 1874-1890: Completion of the System
Chapter 14. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1870-1883: A New Response to the Transcontinental Challenge
Chapter 15. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1880-1890: Financial Aspects of Expansion
PART VI. Conclusion
Chapter 16. The Nineteenth-Century Railroad Investment Process: An Overview
BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
Bibliography
Notes
Index