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Thomas R, Winpenny
Richard Boyse Osborne had a sterling reputation as an Engineer who had built railroads both in Ireland and the United States. In the 1850s this visionary became the dynamic force behind the effort to link Philadelphia and Camden to the New Jersey beaches...
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Thomas R. Winpenny
Though historians and the general public applaud our rugged frontier ancestors who conquered the plains, a rational examination of the data makes it clear that the opening of the Trans-Mississippi grain belt at mid 19th centurywas a mixed blessing at bes...
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Thomas R. Winpenny
The Winpennys of Manayunk provide a case study of three generations of early industrialists who produced woolen goods along the banks of the Schuylkill between 1808 and 1884. Family know-how and family networking greased the wheels of commerce. They purs...
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Thomas R. Winpenny
Corporate downsizing has run rampant on the American scene during the 1990s. Indeed, Business Week claimed it had become a fad. Ironically, the new ?lean and mean? look did not apply to CEO compensation packages. More critically, corporate downsizing hur...
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