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245 14 a| The Pennsylvania anthracite coal industry, 1860-1902 :b| economic cycles, business decision-making and regional dynamics /c| R.G. Healey.;

300 a| xviii, 512 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 28 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-500) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- Recurrent and non-recurrent economic fluctuations at the national level -- Constraints on business decision-making-the impact of geology, topography and mining technology -- Prior investment in mining and transportation infrastructure -- Railroad expansion and corporate control I: network development strategies and the articulation of the anthracite distribution region in interior markets -- Railroad expansion and corporate control II: tidewater markets, trunk line connections and comparative economic performance -- Waxing and waning markets I: sectoral shifts in the use of anthracite -- Waxing and waning markets II: the changing geography of market power -- Waxing and waning markets III : regional shifts, price behaviour and the changing size composition of anthracite production -- Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels I : precursors and pre-disposing factors to industry-wide combination -- Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels II: the 1873 combination and its successors -- Developing and managing the coal estate -- Region building I: financing development in the mining economy -- Region building II: investment in new mining and railroad capacity -- Regional retrenchment: rationalization and reorganisation in the Schuylkill region 1872-1902 -- Regional dynamics, disequilibrium tendencies and regional economic development -- Notes for chapters 1-16 -- Preface to bibliography.;

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The Pennsylvania anthracite coal industry, 1860-1902 : economic cycles, business decision-making and regional dynamics / R.G. Healey.

Author/creator	Healey, Richard G.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Scranton : University of Scranton Press, ©2007.
Description	xviii, 512 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Anthracite coal industry--Pennsylvania. --History.

Contents	Introduction -- Recurrent and non-recurrent economic fluctuations at the national level -- Constraints on business decision-making-the impact of geology, topography and mining technology -- Prior investment in mining and transportation infrastructure -- Railroad expansion and corporate control I: network development strategies and the articulation of the anthracite distribution region in interior markets -- Railroad expansion and corporate control II: tidewater markets, trunk line connections and comparative economic performance -- Waxing and waning markets I: sectoral shifts in the use of anthracite -- Waxing and waning markets II: the changing geography of market power -- Waxing and waning markets III : regional shifts, price behaviour and the changing size composition of anthracite production -- Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels I : precursors and pre-disposing factors to industry-wide combination -- Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels II: the 1873 combination and its successors -- Developing and managing the coal estate -- Region building I: financing development in the mining economy -- Region building II: investment in new mining and railroad capacity -- Regional retrenchment: rationalization and reorganisation in the Schuylkill region 1872-1902 -- Regional dynamics, disequilibrium tendencies and regional economic development -- Notes for chapters 1-16 -- Preface to bibliography.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-500) and index.
LCCN	2007016907
ISBN	9781589661509 (pbk.)
ISBN	1589661508 (pbk.)

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