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xiv, 369 pages : 23 cm "The concept was simple, to link American railroads and global dominance of the seas with a railroad line through China and Russia, enter the back door of Europe, and create new royalty: the Transportation Kings. Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman all pursued the grand dream. They were America's industrial princes, poised for their greatest accomplishments, only to find that they had not considered the gauntlet awaiting them in the courts of kings and Kaisers, parliaments and congress. They awoke John Bull and helped precipitate revolution in China. They brought about the building of Lusitania and, in reaction, they owned and built the Titanic. We all know how the disaster story ends; this is how the story came about."--Publisher's website Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-358) and index Early shipping -- American shipping consortium -- The corner -- Economic expansion -- Community of interest -- Vanderbilt -- Marc Hanna -- The creation of political leadership -- Roosevelt -- The business of the presidency -- The maritime subsidy bill -- Roosevelt rises -- A rift between friends -- The subsidy bill under debate in congress -- Opposition in co

Author

Steven H. Gittelman

Publisher

University Press of America, Incorporated Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated [distributor

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780761858508

Subjects

Social Science, History, Social_sciences

Updated

2026-03-24