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"Klein has written much of the best railroad history we have . . . Each of these essays is a pleasure to read, and each makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the railroad as an artifact of American business and cultural history." —Journal of Economic History
A lively survey of the railroad industry by the field's leading historian.
"Sooner or later every age finds a symbol which best expresses the essence of its character to later generations," writes Maury Klein, who has spent nearly three decades tracing the evolution and impact of the American railroad industry. "The coming of the railroad swept all rival forms of land transportation from its path . . . Within half a century, the rail system became the lifeline of an industrial society, a network of steel tentacles pushing into every corner of the Republic." Unfinished Business combines Klein's most influential articles with new essays to tell the story of America's developing railroad industry and the men who dominated it.
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Maury Klein is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island, and author Union Pacific (1990) and other books.
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