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100 1 $aUsselman, Steven W.
245 10 $aRegulating railroad innovation :$bbusiness, technology, and politics in America, 1840-1920 /$cSteven W. Usselman.
260 $aCambridge, U.K. ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2002.
300 $axv, 398 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gPt. 1. Assembling the machine, 1840-1876 --$tEngines of expansion and extraction: the politics of development --$tAcquiring technology: insider innovation --$tPatent problems: inventors and the market for technology --$gPt. 2. Running the machine, 1876-1904 --$tPatent remedies: politics, jurisprudence, and procedure --$tMastering technology, channeling change --$tStandardizing steel rails: engineered innovation --$tEngineering enshrined --$gPt. 3. Friction in the machine, 1904-1920 --$tReluctant innovators: the annoying allure of automatic train control --$tLimits of engineering: rate regulation and the course of innovation --$tEpilogue: the enduring challenge of innovation.
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