{"product_id":"alternative-tracks-the-constitution-of-american-industrial-order-1865-1917-paperback","title":"Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1917 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGerald Berk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel interpretation of industrialization and political development in the United States, focusing on the critical case of railroads.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the J. David Greenstone Prize from the American Political Science Association \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlternative Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e provides a novel interpretation of industrialization and political development in the United States. Focusing on the critical case of railroads, Gerald Berk shows that alternative forms of economic organization and governmental regulation existed in the late nineteenth century. Constitutional choices, not technological imperatives or economic interests, determined the outcome in the twentieth century: a centralized industry regulated according to liberal principles of redistribution. \u003ci\u003eAlternative Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a nineteenth-century rival to this political economy--an equally efficient and more democratic system of regional railroads regulated according to republican principles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Alternative Tracks' provides a novel interpretation of industrialization and political development in the United States. Berk shows that alternative forms of economic organization and governmental regulation existed in the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGerald Berk \u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of political science at the University of Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.54 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757488177440,"sku":"9780801856365","price":58.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/28d0c168c7021fed5c4cfae2d48ceb5b.webp?v=1780104348","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/alternative-tracks-the-constitution-of-american-industrial-order-1865-1917-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}