During the first two decades of this century, Sir William Mackenzie was one of Canada's best known entrepreneurs. He spearheaded some of the largest and most technologically advanced projects undertaken in Canada during his lifetime -- building enterprises that became the foundations for such...

Although many economic and business historians have examined how American railroads colluded to raise rates or limit service, they have paid less attention to the many ways railroads cooperated to exchange cars and freight between companies and build needed interconnections. This article...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Capitalism, Politics, and Railroads in Jacksonian New England -- Introduction The Invention that Distinguishes this Age -- One "Look Out When the Bell Rings! -- Two "Everybody Must Go to Boston -- Three "Mere Naked Right -- Four Desperation and Restoration...