Description: Union Pacific : The Reconfiguration: America's Greatest Railroad from 1969 to the Present, Hardcover by Klein, Maury, ISBN 0195369890, ISBN-13 9780195369892, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Praised by the Chicago Tribune as "thoroughly and compellingly detailed history," Volumes I and II of Maury Kleins monumental history of the Union Pacific Railroad covered the years from 1. 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.
Th 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, ill-fated mergers, and more. By 1969 the same company that a century earlier had
triumphantly driven the golden spike into Promontory Summit--to immortalize the nations first transcontinental railway--seemed a dinosaur destined for financial ruin. But as Klein shows, the Union Pacific not only survived but is once more thriving, which proves that railways remain critical to
commerce and industry in America, even as passenger train travel has all but disappeared. Drawing on interviews with Union Pacific personnel past and present, Klein takes readers inside the great railroad--into its boardrooms and along its tracks--to show how the company adapted to the rapidly
changing world of modern transportation. Th also offers fascinating portraits of the men who have run the railroad. The challenges they faced, and the strategies they developed to meet them, give readers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of Americas great companies.
A capstone on a remarkable achievement, Union Pacific: The Reconfiguration will appeal to historians, business scholars, and transportation buffs alike.
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Book Title: Union Pacific : the Reconfiguration: America's Greatest Railroad from 1969 to the Present
Number of Pages: 520 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Railroads / History, Social History, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 1.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Transportation, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Author: Maury Klein
Item Length: 6.1 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
