J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings: The Titanic and Other Disasters

.The concept was simple, to link American railroads and global dominance of the seas with a railroad line through China and Russia, enter the back door of Europe, and create new royalty: the Transportation Kings. Vanderbilt, Hill, Morgan, and Harriman all pursued the grand dream. They were America’s industrial princes, poised for their greatest accomplishments, only to find that they had not considered the gauntlet awaiting them in the courts of kings and Kaisers, parliaments and congress. They awoke John Bull and helped precipitate revolution in China. They brought about the building of Lusitania and, in reaction, they owned and built the Titanic. We all know how the disaster story ends; this is how the story came about.Additional ISBNs9780761858508J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings: The Titanic and Other Disasters is written by Steven H. Gittelman and published by University Press of America. ISBNs for J.P. Morgan and the Transportation Kings are 9780761858515, 0761858512 and the print ISBNs are 9780761858492, 0761858490. Additional ISBNs include 9780761858508.