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The life & legend of E.H. Harriman

Author: Maury Klein
Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biography
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Klein, Maury, 1939-
Life & legend of E.H. Harriman.
Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2000
(OCoLC)651964480
Named Person: Edward Henry Harriman; Edward Henry Harriman
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Maury Klein
ISBN: 0807825174 9780807825174
OCLC Number: 41224060
Description: xvi, 521 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
Prologue: Mr. Kennan writes a biography --
Duchy, 1848--1898: Sources of pride and strength --
Sources of advancement --
Sources of growth --
Sources of education --
Sources of revelation --
Sources of opportunity --Kingdom, 1898--1900: Going west --
Going for broke --
Going modern --
Going back together --
Going elsewhere --
Going north --
Empire, 1900--1904 --
Seeking order --
Seeking an advantage --
Seeking trump --
Seeking hegemony --
Seeking the perfect machine --
Seeking the perfect organization --
Seeking the world --
Seeking relief --Immolation, 1904--1909 --
Fighting the tide --
Fighting formidable foes --
Fighting others' fights --
Fighting a former friend --
Fighting a formidable friend --
Fighting nature --
Fighting for survival --
Fighting back --
Fighting the inevitable --Epilogue: the good that men do --
Notes --
Index.
Other Titles: Life and legend of E.H. Harriman
Responsibility: by Maury Klein.
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