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table of contents
  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. List of Abbreviations
  8. Introduction: The Pullman Era
  9. Part I: Creating the Pullman Brand
    1. 1. A Family in Motion
    2. 2. Growing Up in the Great Lakes Region
    3. 3. Early Ventures
    4. 4. Conductors and Porters
    5. 5. Pioneer and Pullman Mythmaking
    6. 6. Drummer in a Palace Car
    7. 7. Into the Great Western Desert
    8. 8. Incorporation and Monopoly
    9. 9. From Sea to Shining Sea
  10. Part II: Branching Out
    1. 10. Network Building
    2. 11. Pleasure in New York, Business in Detroit
    3. 12. A Fire Insurance Investment Goes Up in Flames
    4. 13. Short Engagements in Banking and Land Sales
    5. 14. International Luminary
    6. 15. Domestic Joy, Corporate Despair
    7. 16. Complications
    8. 17. English Anxieties
    9. 18. Brand Albert
    10. 19. Railroad Expert
    11. 20. The End of Mutual Relations
    12. 21. Money, Politics, and Challenging George
  11. Part III:Consolidation and Upheaval
    1. 22. Utopian Domesticity
    2. 23. Utopia in Brick and Steel
    3. 24. The Costs of Utopia
    4. 25. Deaths and Departure
    5. 26. Fractured Relationships
    6. 27. A Hansom Cab Smashup
    7. 28. Investing in Tomorrow
    8. 29. Albert at the Exposition
  12. Conclusion: The End of an Era
  13. Notes
  14. Index
  15. Copyright Page

CONTENTS

  1. List of Illustrations
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. List of Abbreviations
  4. Introduction: The Pullman Era
  5. PART I: CREATING THE PULLMAN BRAND
  6. 1. A Family in Motion
  7. 2. Growing Up in the Great Lakes Region
  8. 3. Early Ventures
  9. 4. Conductors and Porters
  10. 5. Pioneer and Pullman Mythmaking
  11. 6. Drummer in a Palace Car
  12. 7. Into the Great Western Desert
  13. 8. Incorporation and Monopoly
  14. 9. From Sea to Shining Sea
  15. PART II: BRANCHING OUT
  16. 10. Network Building
  17. 11. Pleasure in New York, Business in Detroit
  18. 12. A Fire Insurance Investment Goes Up in Flames
  19. 13. Short Engagements in Banking and Land Sales
  20. 14. International Luminary
  21. 15. Domestic Joy, Corporate Despair
  22. 16. Complications
  23. 17. English Anxieties
  24. 18. Brand Albert
  25. 19. Railroad Expert
  26. 20. The End of Mutual Relations
  27. 21. Money, Politics, and Challenging George
  28. PART III: CONSOLIDATION AND UPHEAVAL
  29. 22. Utopian Domesticity
  30. 23. Utopia in Brick and Steel
  31. 24. The Costs of Utopia
  32. 25. Deaths and Departure
  33. 26. Fractured Relationships
  34. 27. A Hansom Cab Smashup
  35. 28. Investing in Tomorrow
  36. 29. Albert at the Exposition
  37. Conclusion: The End of an Era
  38. Notes
  39. Index

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