Southern Railroad Leaders, 1865-1893
Identities and Ideologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9625819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maury Klein (University of Rhode Island, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 288-310 |
| Publication date | 1968-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3112502 |
| OpenAlex | W1985315398 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
As the American South recovered from the Civil War, railroads and the businessmen who managed them were important ingredients in the process of economic change. But who were the railroad leaders of the first generation of the “New South” and what were their personal and corporate goals? What were the effects of their actions on the course of southern restoration? Sharply at odds with the usual “carpetbagger” demonology, Professor Klein suggests an alternative explanation and analysis
Demonology · Economic history · Ideology · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Anthropology · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |