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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2014-02-01
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Series: | Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6507 |