@article{439060, author = {Klein, Maury,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/439060}, title = {Union Pacific the reconfiguration : America's greatest railroad from 1969 to the present / [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Oxford University Press,}, abstract = {Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Klein's monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1863-1969. Now the third and final volume brings the story of the Union Pacific--the oldest, largest, and most successful railroad of modern times--fully up to date. The book follows the trajectory of an icon of the industrial age trying to negotiate its way in a post-railway world, plagued by setbacks such as labor disputes, aging infrastructure, government de-regulation, [and] ill-fated mergers.}, recid = {439060}, pages = {1 online resource (xi, 508 p.) :}, address = {Oxford ;}, year = {2011}, }