Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents ix
5. Tables xi
6. Maps xi
7. PART I. Introduction
8. Chapter 1. The Problem and Its Setting 1
9. PART II. The Era of Preparation
10. Chapter 2. Boston as a Center of Capital, 1820–1845 13
11. Chapter 3. Moving into Railroad Investment: Experience in the East 33
12. PART III. The Era of Involvement
13. Chapter 4. The West: Experiment and Opportunity, 1830–1850 63
14. Chapter 5. Western Railroad Promoters and Boston Capitalists, 1845–1848 81
15. PART IV. The Era of Commitment
16. Chapter 6. Emerging Investment Patterns: The Forbes Group, 1850–1860 107
17. Chapter 7. Emerging Investment Patterns: Bostonians and the Illinois Central, 1850–1860 127
18. Chapter 8. Prewar Strategic Investment: The Genesis and Expansion of the C. B. 8c Q. 156
19. Chapter 9. Prewar Railroad Investors: A Brief Appraisal 181
20. PART V. The Era of Systems
21. Chapter 10. Bostonians and the Union Pacific Railroad, 1862–1873: Construction and Conflict 195
22. Chapter 11. The С. В. & Q., 1865–1873: Conflicting Strategies of Expansion 222
23. Chapter 12. The Union Pacific Railroad, 1873–1890: Consolidation and Conflict 241
24. Chapter 13. The С. В. & Q., 1874–1890: Completion of the System 264
25. Chapter 14. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1870–1883: A New Response to the Transcontinental Challenge 287
26. Chapter 15. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, 1880–1890: Financial Aspects of Expansion 318
27. PART VI. Conclusion
28. Chapter 16. The Nineteenth–Century Railroad Investment Process: An Overview 333
29. BIBLIOGRAPHY. NOTES. INDEX
30. Bibliography 349
31. Notes 357
32. Index 385