@Book{330674021,
author="Ely, James W.",
title="Railroads and American law",
year="2001",
publisher="Univ. Press of Kansas",
address="Lawrence, Kan.",
keywords="Railroad law; United States; History; Railroads and state",
abstract="The emergence of the railroad -- The Civil War and federal land grants -- Regulatory landscape of the nineteenth century -- Arteries of commerce -- Law governing railroad operations -- Railroads and social conflict -- Insolvency, receiverships, and commercial practices -- Property and taxation -- Liability for personal injury -- Railroads in the progressive era -- World War I and the expansion of federal regulatory authority -- Tangled labor relations -- Legal problems of railroad decline",
note="James W. Ely, Jr",
note="Includes bibliographical references (S. 333 - 355) and index",
isbn="0700611444",
language="English"
}