Gilded-Age Entrepreneurs and Local Notables: The Case of the California “Big Four,” 1861-1877

Gilded-Age Entrepreneurs and Local Notables: The Case of the California “Big Four,” 1861-1877

This article proposes an analysis of the network and transactions management practices of the California “Big Four”, the group of former Gold Rush merchants who built the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad companies in the 1860’s and 1870’s. The associates’ decisions in their dealings wit...

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Main Author: Evelyne Payen-Variéras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2014-02-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
Subjects:
Western railroads
Gilded Age
California “Big Four”
Entrepreneurs
transactions management
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6507

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