Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic
Record details
- ISBN: 0821418467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780821418468 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0821418459 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780821418451 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 082144333X (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780821443330 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations, map
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electronic resource - Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | OldControl:muse9780821443330 Multi-User. Multi-User |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Steam power and patent law development in the Eighteenth Century -- Origins of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly -- Corporate negotiations -- Defending the monopoly -- Interstate competition -- Personal rivalries and lawsuits -- The road to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Strategies and deliberations -- The Gibbons decision and popular reaction -- The decline of the New York steamboat monopoly. |
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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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