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Author : Appleton Morgan
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Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The People and the Railways written by Appleton Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sterling P. King
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Total Pages : 192 pages
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Download or read book The Railways and the People written by Sterling P. King and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elisabeth Köll
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674368177
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (743 download)
Download or read book Railroads and the Transformation of China written by Elisabeth Köll and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a vehicle to convey both the history of modern China and the complex forces still driving the nation’s economic success, rail has no equal. Railroads and the Transformation of China is the first comprehensive history, in any language, of railroad operation from the last decades of the Qing Empire to the present. China’s first fractured lines were built under semicolonial conditions by competing foreign investors. The national system that began taking shape in the 1910s suffered all the ills of the country at large: warlordism and Japanese invasion, Chinese partisan sabotage, the Great Leap Forward when lines suffered in the “battle for steel,” and the Cultural Revolution, during which Red Guards were granted free passage to “make revolution” across the country, nearly collapsing the system. Elisabeth Köll’s expansive study shows how railroads survived the rupture of the 1949 Communist revolution and became an enduring model of Chinese infrastructure expansion. The railroads persisted because they were exemplary bureaucratic institutions. Through detailed archival research and interviews, Köll builds case studies illuminating the strength of rail administration. Pragmatic management, combining central authority and local autonomy, sustained rail organizations amid shifting political and economic priorities. As Köll shows, rail provided a blueprint for the past forty years of ambitious, semipublic business development and remains an essential component of the PRC’s politically charged, technocratic economic model for China’s future.
Author : Carl Dean Thompson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Public Ownership of Railways written by Carl Dean Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lucius RIGHTWAY (pseud.)
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Railways, Public-Ways, and Government-Ways. By Lucius Rightway written by Lucius RIGHTWAY (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin La Fon Winchell
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Drift Toward Government Ownership of Railways written by Benjamin La Fon Winchell and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brooks Adams
Publisher : General Books
ISBN 13 : 9781458962690
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (626 download)
Download or read book Railways As Public Agents written by Brooks Adams and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: RAILWAYS AS PUBLIC AGENTS City Of Spokane Et Al. v. Northern Pacific Railway Et Al. AFTER hearing argument in this cause in Washington, on June 27 and 28, 1907, the Interstate Commerce Commission directed counsel to prepare supplementary briefs upon sundry questions of law, but more particularly upon the legality of the method employed by the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in the valuation of their property. These defendants, in order to show the reasonableness of the total revenue drawn by them from the public, valued the entire property employed by the corporations in the public service, and then deducting the cost of operation, taxes, and depreciation from their gross receipts, calculated the balance as a species of rental upon the sum total which their schedules showed. In drawing up their schedules these defendants entered thereon all land to which they claimed title, however acquired, whether by private gift, government grant, condemnation proceedings under eminent domain, or amicable purchase, and whether the land bought was paid forwith money contributed by stockholders from their own funds, or with money appropriated to the purpose out of surplus earnings, after operating expenses, taxes, depreciation, fixed charges, and dividends had been defrayed. The entire acreage thus obtained the defendants caused their own officials to appraise at its supposed present market value, thus charging the unearned increment to capital, and it was upon this valuation that the rental the public owed the companies for the use of the land-as a highway was calculated. The chief questions propounded by the Commission for argument related to this method of valuing the defendants' land. The land itself naturally falls into four categories: 1st, Land acquired a...
Author : Laura Bear
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231140027
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Lines of the Nation written by Laura Bear and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lines of the Nation radically recasts the history of the Indian railways, which have long been regarded as vectors of modernity and economic prosperity. From the design of carriages to the architecture of stations, employment hierarchies, and the construction of employee housing, Laura Bear explores the new public spaces and social relationships created by the railway bureaucracy. She then traces their influence on the formation of contemporary Indian nationalism, personal sentiments, and popular memory. Her probing study challenges entrenched beliefs concerning the institutions of modernity and capitalism by showing that these rework older idioms of social distinction and are legitimized by forms of intimate, affective politics. Drawing on historical and ethnographic research in the company town at Kharagpur and at the Eastern Railway headquarters in Kolkata (Calcutta), Bear focuses on how political and domestic practices among workers became entangled with the moralities and archival technologies of the railway bureaucracy and illuminates the impact of this history today. The bureaucracy has played a pivotal role in the creation of idioms of family history, kinship, and ethics, and its special categorization of Anglo-Indian workers still resonates. Anglo-Indians were formed as a separate railway caste by Raj-era racial employment and housing policies, and other railway workers continue to see them as remnants of the colonial past and as a polluting influence. The experiences of Anglo-Indians, who are at the core of the ethnography, reveal the consequences of attempts to make political communities legitimate in family lines and sentiments. Their situation also compels us to rethink the importance of documentary practices and nationalism to all family histories and senses of relatedness. This interdisciplinary anthropological history throws new light not only on the imperial and national past of South Asia but also on the moral life of present technologies and economic institutions.
Author : Christof Spieler
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610919033
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Trains, Buses, People written by Christof Spieler and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the best transit cities in the US? The best Bus Rapid Transit lines? The most useless rail transit lines? The missed opportunities? In the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas and many smaller cities have fixed guideway transit—rail or bus rapid transit. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding. Yet discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. To build good transit, the discussion needs to focus on what matters—quality of service (not the technology that delivers it), all kinds of transit riders, the role of buildings, streets and sidewalks, and, above all, getting transit in the right places. Christof Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He strongly believes that just about anyone—regardless of training or experience—can identify what makes good transit with the right information. In the fun and accessible Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 47 metropolitan areas in the US that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. The best and worst systems are ranked and Spieler offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different transit systems. Using appealing visuals, Trains, Buses, People is intended for non-experts—it will help any citizen, professional, or policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and understand what makes transit effective. While the book is built on data, it has a strong point of view. Spieler takes an honest look at what makes good and bad transit and is not afraid to look at what went wrong. He explains broad concepts, but recognizes all of the technical, geographical, and political difficulties of building transit in the real world. In the end,Trains, Buses, People shows that it is possible with the right tools to build good transit.
Author : Appleton Morgan
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781358724466
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (244 download)
Download or read book The People and the Railways written by Appleton Morgan and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Total Pages : 694 pages
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Download or read book Railway Journal ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Parsons
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Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railways, the Trusts, and the People ... written by Frank Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Appleton Morgan
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9780526888764
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (887 download)
Download or read book The People and the Railways; A Popular Discussion of the Railway Problem in the United States by Way written by Appleton Morgan and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Author : Hyde Clark
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Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Railway register and record of public enterprise for railways, mines, patents and inventions, ed. by H. Clarke. (Including [in vols. 4,5] The Railway portfolio. 1846; 1847, Jan.- Mar.). written by Hyde Clark and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brooks Adams
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781011927487
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (274 download)
Download or read book Railways As Public Agents written by Brooks Adams and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Charles H. Vail
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331369103
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (691 download)
Download or read book National Ownership of Railways (Classic Reprint) written by Charles H. Vail and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from National Ownership of Railways The Railways are Public Highways and as such, be ing necessary to transportation as a means of exchange, they should be owned and operated lay Society in the interest of Society. Highways are not private but public institutions, and when government lets out the construction of its highways, giving to corporate bodies the privilege of taxing those who use them, there is always retained a superintending power, a right to regulate the charges imposed upon the public. That the government has a right to prescribe rates has been so well established by judicial decisions that it is no longer a question for discussion. It is the duty of the State to provide inter-communication, and the chartering of a railroad by a private company is for the purpose of performing said duty for the State. Says Chief Justice Black A railway is a public highway for the public benefit, and the right of the corporation to exact a uniform, reasonable, stipulated tell from those who pass over it, does not make its main use a private one. The public have an interest in such a road when it belongs to a corporation as clearly as they would 1f it were free, or if the tolls were payable to the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Christof Spieler
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642832138
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Trains, Buses, People, Second Edition written by Christof Spieler and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fully updated and expanded"--Back cover.
