James R Fair
Biographic Data
| ID | 5883506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James R Fair |
| GIVEN NAMES | James R |
| FAMILY NAME | Fair |
| SIGNATURE | FAIR J R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Main Lines
Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002. By Richard Saunders, Jr. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi, 436. $49.95.) This book is a sequel to Professor Saunders' Merging Lines, which covered consolidations in the railroad industry up to 1970 (see my review in AHQ [Summer 2002]). Coverage begins with the ill-fated merger that formed the Penn Central Railroad and then carries the reader to 2002, when th…
Merging Lines
Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse? Saunders addresses these and many other issues in this authoritative history of U.S. railroads and their corporate mergers. Beginning with a wide-ranging analysis of the role of railroads in the eco…
Cotton Belt Locomotives
Belt Locomotives. By Joseph A. Strapac. (1977. Reprint, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. Pp. 244. $59.95.) The Texas and St. Louis Railroad was built through Arkansas in 18821883 and by then was already called the Cotton Belt Route. The builder was well-known Arkansan Samuel Fordyce, and because of stringent economic conditions the line was constructed to narrow gauge standards (three feet between the rails instead of the standard gau…
The North Arkansas Line
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The North Arkansas Line
Cotton Belt Locomotives
Belt Locomotives. By Joseph A. Strapac. (1977. Reprint, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. Pp. 244. $59.95.) The Texas and St. Louis Railroad was built through Arkansas in 18821883 and by then was already called the Cotton Belt Route. The builder was well-known Arkansan Samuel Fordyce, and because of stringent economic conditions the line was constructed to narrow gauge standards (three feet between the rails instead of the standard gau…
Merging Lines
Why did American railroads decline from the glory days of the early twentieth century? Why did so many railroad mergers in the 1950s and 1960s, intended as a panacea for the ills of an outdated system, go sour and, in fact, make a bad situation worse? Saunders addresses these and many other issues in this authoritative history of U.S. railroads and their corporate mergers. Beginning with a wide-ranging analysis of the role of railroads in the eco…
Main Lines
Main Lines: Rebirth of the North American Railroads, 1970-2002. By Richard Saunders, Jr. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi, 436. $49.95.) This book is a sequel to Professor Saunders' Merging Lines, which covered consolidations in the railroad industry up to 1970 (see my review in AHQ [Summer 2002]). Coverage begins with the ill-fated merger that formed the Penn Central Railroad and then carries the reader to 2002, when th…
Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Transport and Economic Policies (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Engineering (1 work)