[PDF.02ap] Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South

Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South

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 | #4785870 in Books |  Louisiana State University Press |  1999-10 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x6.50 x1.25l, | File type: PDF | 344 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Thoughtful and provocative|By A Customer|This book gives a close look behind the scenes of the railroads and their lawyers in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The analysis is refreshingly balanced -- cogent, careful, thoughtful. It will cause anyone interested in the New South, railroads, or the history of American law to rethink the extent of railroad power and the role|About the Author||William G. Thomas teaches history at the University of Virginia, where he is director of the Virginia Center for Digital History.

Lawyering for the Railroad provides the first full account of railroad monopoly power, tracing its sources and effects in the southern political economy. Issues touching on railroad development were major components of politics in the days of both Populism and Progressivism, and railroad attorneys -- often in their role as lobbyists -- were always in the middle of the action. They distributed free passes to legislators, retained the best counsel for their clients, lai...

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