Introduction
Recurrent and non-recurrent economic fluctuations at the national level
Constraints on business decision-making-the impact of geology, topography and mining technology
Prior investment in mining and transportation infrastructure
Railroad expansion and corporate control I: network development strategies and the articulation of the anthracite distribution region in interior markets
Railroad expansion and corporate control II: tidewater markets, trunk line connections and comparative economic performance
Waxing and waning markets I: sectoral shifts in the use of anthracite
Waxing and waning markets II: the changing geography of market power
Waxing and waning markets III : regional shifts, price behaviour and the changing size composition of anthracite production
Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels I : precursors and pre-disposing factors to industry-wide combination
Corporations, competition and the rise of the cartels II: the 1873 combination and its successors
Developing and managing the coal estate
Region building I: financing development in the mining economy
Region building II: investment in new mining and railroad capacity
Regional retrenchment: rationalization and reorganisation in the Schuylkill region 1872-1902
Regional dynamics, disequilibrium tendencies and regional economic development
Notes for chapters 1-16
Preface to bibliography.
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The Pennsylvania anthracite coal industry, 1860-1902 : economic cycles, business decision-making and regional dynamics by Richard G. Healey. ISBN 9781589661509. Published by University of Scranton Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
