Railroad Transportation: Its History and Its Laws

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Railroad Transportation: Its History and Its Laws is a seminal late-19th-century economic and legal analysis of the railroad industry by American economist Arthur Twining Hadley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
economics book
legal analysis
nonfiction book
academicDiscipline political economy
academicUse university-level text on transportation economics
analyzes development of railroad transportation
history of railroad regulation
relationship between railroads and the state
author Arthur Twining Hadley NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs seminal analysis of the railroad industry
discusses competition and monopoly in railroads
public interest in transportation infrastructure
rate regulation of railroads
field economics
law
transportation studies
focusesOn economic aspects of railroads
legal aspects of railroads
genre economic history
legal history
hasAuthorOccupation economist
hasHistoricalContext late 19th-century American railroad industry
hasPerspective American perspective on railroad development
influenced later scholarship on railroad regulation
transportation economics literature
isConsidered classic work on public regulation of railroads
classic work on railroad economics
language English
mainSubject railroad industry
railroad regulation
railroad transportation
transportation economics
transportation law
publicationCentury 19th century
relatedTo history of American transportation policy
public utility regulation
regulation of natural monopolies
timePeriodDescribed 19th-century railroad expansion
typeOfAnalysis economic analysis
historical analysis
legal analysis

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Arthur Twining Hadley notableWork Railroad Transportation: Its History and Its Laws