Steam city: railroads, urban space, and corporate capitalism in nineteenth-century Baltimore

The Urban Origins of the American Railroad -- Tracks in the Streets -- The Rise and Fall of the B&O Note -- Straight Lines and Crooked Rates -- The Smoking, Puffing Locomotive -- Privatizing the B&O -- The Railroad Unbound and the City Contained -- The Great Strike

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Main Author: Schley, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; London The University of Chicago Press [2020]
Series:Historical studies of urban America
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:The Urban Origins of the American Railroad -- Tracks in the Streets -- The Rise and Fall of the B&O Note -- Straight Lines and Crooked Rates -- The Smoking, Puffing Locomotive -- Privatizing the B&O -- The Railroad Unbound and the City Contained -- The Great Strike
"David Schley crafts a fresh history not just of capitalism in Baltimore but of industrial capitalism itself, attending to the impacts of railroad development on the politics, geography, and image of cities, in a time when railroads were considered public-spirited undertakings. The inherent tensions-between private and public, profit and public good, image and function- were numerous and profound. By the time the railroad was implanted in the landscape, it had become the very embodiment of blind, grasping, confining capitalism. The iron cage is made of iron rails, and the iron rails define the streets, which confine the people"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
2008
Physical Description:x, 318 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780226720258

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