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A Detailed History
The Fallen Colossus is, on the surface, the story of the failure of the Penn Central Railroad.Sobel, however, takes great pains to chronicle the development of transportation in America.Starting with the the very begining of freight and passenger transit by roads and turnpikes, through the canal era, he ulitmately provides a thorough treatment of the eastern lines (and even a bit beyond when he discusses the impact of air and highway transport on the rail industry).The book is, at times, tedious with figures and balance sheets, though they are important to understanding railroads as a business and as a contributing factor to the near catastrophic collapse of the 1960s.The book was written as the Penn Central mess was just being cleaned up with the advent of Conrail and Amtrak.It is notable that the author notes the overly optimistic estimate by the directors of the new Conrail organization that they expected to take these bankrupt railroads and make them profitable by the 1980s.The author and others doubt this potential.Ironically, it worked and Conrail was reasonably successful where the Penn Central failed.Overall, an informative, if not lively, read for those looking into how not to run a railroad.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1969-1974    2. Bankruptcy    3. Government - Comparative    4. History    5. Literature: Classics    6. Management    7. Penn Central Transportation Co    8. Penn Central Transportation Company    9. Politics and government    10. Railroads - History    11. Transportation    12. United States    13. Bankruptcy & insolvency law    14. Railway transport industries   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Bankruptcy    3. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Popular works    7. Reference    8. United States   

Subjects:  1. English law: bankruptcy & insolvency   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Law   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Bankruptcy    3. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    4. England    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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Gilmore and Carlson on Secured Lending
Enormous revolutions have occurred in commercial law since the publication of the landmark GILMORE ON SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY. In this new edition, the author analyzes the law of secured credit under federal bankruptcy law. He presents an exhaustive and authoritative analysis of secured claims in bankruptcy since even secured creditors cannot rely passively on their relatively privileged status but must avoid potential pitfalls to recovery and actively pursue all available assets of the debtor.Read more

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy    2. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Security (Law)    6. United States    7. Bankruptcy & insolvency law   

Subjects:  1. English law: bankruptcy & insolvency   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy    2. Law    3. Scotland   

Subjects:  1. English law: bankruptcy & insolvency   

Subjects:  1. English law: bankruptcy & insolvency   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. General    3. Law    4. Practical Guides    5. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Banking    2. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    3. Business & Financial    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Bankruptcy & insolvency law    7. International economic & trade law    8. Law / General    9. Netherlands   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Christianity    3. Christianity - Christian Life    4. Finance, Personal    5. Inspirational - Protestant Self Help    6. Law    7. Money    8. Religion - Christian Living    9. Religious aspects    10. Personal finance   

Subjects:  1. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. English law: bankruptcy & insolvency    4. English law: partnership law   

Subjects:  1. District court    2. Washington state law