عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
HE2791.R27 L49 2016eb
HE2791
.
R27
L49
2016eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0253018714
(Number (ISBN
9780253018717
Erroneous ISBN
0253018668
Erroneous ISBN
9780253018663
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Derailed by bankruptcy :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
life after the Reading Railroad /
First Statement of Responsibility
Howard H. Lewis ; foreword by John C. Spychalski.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Bloomington :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Indiana University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2016]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource.
SERIES
Series Title
Railroads past and present
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The age of innocence -- The gathering storm -- A time of waiting -- The beginning -- The plot thickens -- Fear and exhaustion -- Detailed case preparation -- The times that try men's souls -- The rail use case: ours and the government's -- The government's case -- End game.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
What happened when the US government stopped investing in railroads and started investing in highways and air travel? By the late 1970s, six major eastern railroads had declared bankruptcy. Although he didn't like trains, Howard H. Lewis became the primary lawyer for the Reading Railroad during its legendary bankruptcy case. Here, Lewis provides a frank account of the high-intensity litigation and courtroom battles over the US government's proposal to form Conrail out of the six bankrupt railroads, which meant taking the Reading's property, leaving the railroad to prove its worth. After five grueling years, the case was ultimately settled for
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt192kkh3
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Derailed by bankruptcy
International Standard Book Number
9780253018663
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Reading Company.
Reading Company.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bankruptcy-- United States.
Railroads and state-- United States.
Railroads-- United States-- Finance.
Railroads-- United States-- Management.
Bankruptcy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Urban & Regional.
Railroads and state.
Railroads-- Finance.
Railroads-- Management.
TRANSPORTATION-- Railroads-- Pictorial.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
BUS067000
TRA-- 004020
TRA004010
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
385
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06/57481
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HE2791
.
R27
Book number
L49
2016eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Lewis, Howard H.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822104237.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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