Book contents
- Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893
- Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Meanest Property in the World
- 2 Midwife to Monopoly
- 3 “An Entering Wedge” against Monopoly
- 4 “A Very Big Thing”
- 5 No Middle Ground
- 6 The Specter of Competition
- 7 First Time Tragedy, Second Time Farce
- 8 Octopus of the Wires
- Manuscript Collections
- Index
Manuscript Collections
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2013
- Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893
- Western Union and the Creation of the American Corporate Order, 1845–1893
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Meanest Property in the World
- 2 Midwife to Monopoly
- 3 “An Entering Wedge” against Monopoly
- 4 “A Very Big Thing”
- 5 No Middle Ground
- 6 The Specter of Competition
- 7 First Time Tragedy, Second Time Farce
- 8 Octopus of the Wires
- Manuscript Collections
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013