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One of the most colorful yet neglected eras in American
transportation history is re-created in this definitive history of
the electric interurbans. Built with the idea of attracting
short-distance passenger traffic and light freight, the interurbans
were largely constructed in the early 1900s. The rise of the
automobile and motor transport caused the industry to decline after
World War I, and the depression virtually annihilated the industry
by the middle 1930s.
Part I describes interurban construction, technology, passenger and
freight traffic, financial history, and final decline and
abandonment. Part II presents individual histories (with route
maps) of the more than 300 companies of the interurban industry.
"Reviews"
"A first-rate work of such detail and discernment that it might
well serve as a model for all corporate biographies. . . . A
wonderfully capable job of distillation."
--"Trains"
"Few economic, social, and business historians can afford to miss
this definitive study."
--"Mississippi Valley Historical Review"
"All seekers after nostalgia will be interested in this
encyclopedic volume on the days when the clang, clang of the
trolley was the most exciting travel sound the suburbs knew."
--"Harper's Magazine"
"A fascinating and instructive chapter in the history of American
transportation."
--"Journal of Economic History"
"The hint that behind the grand facade of scholarship lies an
expanse of boyish enthusiasm is strengthened by a lovingly amassed
and beautifully reproduced collection of 37 photographs."
--"The Nation"
This conference volume deals with the question of what the economic
impact of a shift in federal taxation toward greater use of
indirect taxes would be with respect to the rate of saving and
investment, personal effort, the balance of payments, and the
efficiency of resource use. A major focus therefore is on the
economic growth and balance-of-payments aspects which have been
most emphasized in recent proposals for substitution of a sales tax
or a value-added tax for part of the existing income tax.
Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
This conference volume deals with the question of what the economic
impact of a shift in federal taxation toward greater use of
indirect taxes would be with respect to the rate of saving and
investment, personal effort, the balance of payments, and the
efficiency of resource use. A major focus therefore is on the
economic growth and balance-of-payments aspects which have been
most emphasized in recent proposals for substitution of a sales tax
or a value-added tax for part of the existing income tax.
Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of
Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage
found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University
Press since its founding in 1905.
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