{"product_id":"alternative-tracks-the-constitution-of-american-industrial-order-1865-1917-9780801856365","title":"Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial Order, 1865-1917","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Berk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.52w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801856365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40389511086195,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":51.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_27b32af5-d0a7-4d13-881a-9224c5afdb48.jpg?v=1661608929","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/alternative-tracks-the-constitution-of-american-industrial-order-1865-1917-9780801856365","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}