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Railroad Industry and Computers

firm. However, in imagining such a company, it pays to note that today, most railroad companies are huge conglomerates ("Whats Fre...

Richard Orsi/Sunset Limited

been presented in dichotomous terms. On one side is the "selfish, greedy, corporate interests" and on the other, stand "the people...

First World War and the Use of Railroads

railways were so relatively new that strategists had yet to really utilize their usefulness. With these basic elements in mind the...

Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad

of Appeals: Whether or not the defendant, the Long island Railroad, should held negligent as a proximate cause in regards to the p...

Ousmane: “God’s Bits of Wood”

earliest in 1881, and again in 1920, 1925, and 1938; the strike that Sembene uses in his novel is the one that took place in 1947 ...

Siebert: The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom

the Railroad, which would probably have delighted him no end (Quarles, p. 145). Seibert also does something else that has largely ...

History of California: The Railroad

and political power people can possess, and many other grand images. But, at the same time he moves toward illustrating to the rea...

Abolitionism/There Was No Other Way

moral conviction, and, especially. on the part of African American activists, a fierce visceral passion for freedom" (Bordewich 4)...

The Abolition Movement

also mean they would have to pay higher taxes, but they were willing to do so (Ratification debate on the U.S. Constitution). The ...

New York and the Presence of African Americans

Railroad Station (Soul of America, 2002). The Abyssinian Baptist Church was founded in 1808 as a result of segregation in a white...

The Demands of Utilitarianism

the expense of so many others? Indeed not, inasmuch as Sarahs mistake cannot be expected to cost one hundred innocent lives over ...

A. Phillip Randolph and His Influence on Labor Unions

young Randolph, and in 1911, he made his way to Harlem in search of employment. Soon, he, too, was one of the impoverished Africa...

Go West on the Transcontinental Railroad

voyages or three-month-long overland treks, both equally dangerous, as well as prohibitively expensive for most people. When the ...

United States During the 1860s

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

Early Urban America and the Impact of Railroads

The absolute neglect with which this matter was handled is most unpleasant and an excellent example of the animosity and resentmen...

American History and Railroad Construction

end-of-the-track towns called hell-on-wheels" (The Iron Road). Explosions and avalanches were commonplace for the Chinese crews, ...

Conrail Bought by CSX

their services. Across the industry, operating ratio "(defined as the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenues...)" (Mil...

Companies and Class Action Lawsuits

about their eligibility. Q. How much money will I receive? A. You are eligible to receive a share of the settlement only if you o...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Economic Growth and Inventions

1836. The beginning of this coincides wit the revival of the economy and the return to prosperity. The end of this increase is see...

'Labor Slowdown Campaign' 2004 Australian Article Sociological Assessment

Now, drivers are taking action. Why are they doing this? The employees claim that they want more rights, and that drivers are be...

Theodore Levitt's 1960 Article 'Marketing Myopia'

as time when by they began to decline, they did not see themselves as transportation companies, but merely as railroads. Therefore...

Federal Government's Morill Act Land Grants

In four pages this paper discusses the U.S. federal government's nineteenth century land grants with the two Morill Acts for railr...

Military Strategic Changes Attributed to Railroads

In six pages this paper discusses the changes in military strategy in the United States that resulted from railroads in a consider...

History of America's Transcontinental Railroad

In six pages this report discusses the travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific that resulted from the Transcontinental Railroad in...

Scandalous Presidency of Ulysses Grant

he was seventeen his father, evidently sensing the need for a change in direction, enrolled him in the military academy at West Po...

Film Reviews and Business History

In eighteen pages film reviews consisting of seven reactions and summaries of approximately two and a half pages each consider suc...

Railroads of China

In five pages the significance of Chinese railroads on the country's industrial development is examined. Six sources are cited in...

Transportation Handouts and Railroads

In three pages this paper discusses the practice of government handouts to the railroad and other transportation industries since ...

Process of Collective Bargaining

In six pages the collective bargaining process is explored with the primary focus being the early 1990s negotiations involving the...