%0 Book
%T Railroads and American law
%A Ely, James W.
%D 2001
%I Univ. Press of Kansas
%C Lawrence, Kan.
%@ 0700611444
%G English
%F 330674021
%O James W. Ely, Jr
%O Includes bibliographical references (S. 333 - 355) and index
%X 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
%L 385/.0973
%K Railroad law
%K United States
%K History
%K Railroads and state
%9 Text