Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South by William G. Thomas (Louisiana University Press, 1999)
Louisiana State University Press, 1999
A new method of distributing goods and services is constructed in a startlingly short period of time. Isolated communities are suddenly connected to each other and the outside world by a universal, common carrier. The builder becomes rich, powerful, admired, and hated. Its monopoly brings government lawsuits, and politicians call for regulation or breakup.