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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Managing Big Business

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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes how, as railroads grew in size, they needed to be managed by corporations due to their increasing complexity and the size of their workforce. Discusses how the corporations were organized and the advantages this system of management offered.

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corporate ownership, early corporations, managing a railroad, railroad history, railroad management, revolution to reconstruction: the iron horse: managing big business, early american corporations, age of big business
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RH.6-8.9