The market that antitrust built: Public policy, private coercion, and railroad acquisitions, 1825 to 1922

American Sociological Review

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 631-657

  Dobbin, F ^a   Dowd, T J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; MERGER; NEOLIBERALISM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033724621     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657540     Document Type: Article

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