Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. Study of social tensions and regulations controlling shipping rates and grain elevators in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota & Wisconsin in the 1870s, and the lawsuits that followed, beginning the state regulation of private business affecting the public interest. Hardcover, full blue cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book; price-clipped jacket shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, light spine fade. Text clean; xi, blank, 296 pages; index, bibliographic essay, list of cases, notes. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

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Bookseller: Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: r0682
Title: Railroads and the Granger Laws
Author: Miller, George H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0299058700
ISBN 13: 9780299058708
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Place of Publication: Madison
Date Published: 1971
Keywords: Commerce, Business, Economics, Railroads, Regulation, Deregulation, Agribusiness, Price Fixing
Size: Octavo

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