Railroad crossing :: Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910 /
Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial Am...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial America from the middle of the nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth.Americans clamored for the progress and prosperity that railroads would surely bring, and no railroad was more crucial for California than the transcontinental line linking East to West. With Gold Rush prosperity fading, Californians looked to the railroad as the state's new savior. But social upheaval and economic disruption came down the tracks along with growth and opportunity.Analyzing the changes wrought by the railroad, William Deverell reveals the contradictory roles that technology and industrial capitalism played in the lives of Americans. That contrast was especially apparent in California, where the gigantic corporate "Octopus"-the Southern Pacific Railroad-held near-monopoly status. The state's largest employer and biggest corporation, the S.P. was a key provider of jobs and transportation-and wielder of tremendous political and financial clout.Deverell's lively study is peopled by a rich and disparate cast: railroad barons, newspaper editors, novelists, union activists, feminists, farmers, and the railroad workers themselves. Together, their lives reflect the many tensions-political, social, and economic-that accompanied the industrial transition of turn-of-the-century America. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Deverell, William, 1962- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxhq6XttyBcyqckw4KmVC http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr89008008 Railroad crossing : Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910 / William Deverell. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994. 1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the varieties of railroad antagonism -- "What is this railroad to do for us?" -- "California netted with iron tracks" -- A volcano at any moment: the Pullman strike in California -- The Los Angeles "Free harbor fight" -- Pens as swords: fiction, nonfiction, and railroad opposition -- "Let us agitate and agitate": progressives and the railroad -- Epilogue: building an octopus. Print version record. Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial America from the middle of the nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth.Americans clamored for the progress and prosperity that railroads would surely bring, and no railroad was more crucial for California than the transcontinental line linking East to West. With Gold Rush prosperity fading, Californians looked to the railroad as the state's new savior. But social upheaval and economic disruption came down the tracks along with growth and opportunity.Analyzing the changes wrought by the railroad, William Deverell reveals the contradictory roles that technology and industrial capitalism played in the lives of Americans. That contrast was especially apparent in California, where the gigantic corporate "Octopus"-the Southern Pacific Railroad-held near-monopoly status. The state's largest employer and biggest corporation, the S.P. was a key provider of jobs and transportation-and wielder of tremendous political and financial clout.Deverell's lively study is peopled by a rich and disparate cast: railroad barons, newspaper editors, novelists, union activists, feminists, farmers, and the railroad workers themselves. Together, their lives reflect the many tensions-political, social, and economic-that accompanied the industrial transition of turn-of-the-century America. In English. Railroads Social aspects California History. Railroads California History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111095 TRANSPORTATION Railroads History. bisacsh Railroads fast Railroads Social aspects fast California fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8p3GDkhpJkC9y6FY3wC History fast has work: Railroad crossing (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFY4Hc6TKxBJrfVFh99DpX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Deverell, William Francis. Railroad crossing. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994 0520205057 (DLC) 92040128 (OCoLC)27034326 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=19189 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Deverell, William, 1962- Railroad crossing : Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910 / Introduction: the varieties of railroad antagonism -- "What is this railroad to do for us?" -- "California netted with iron tracks" -- A volcano at any moment: the Pullman strike in California -- The Los Angeles "Free harbor fight" -- Pens as swords: fiction, nonfiction, and railroad opposition -- "Let us agitate and agitate": progressives and the railroad -- Epilogue: building an octopus. Railroads Social aspects California History. Railroads California History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111095 TRANSPORTATION Railroads History. bisacsh Railroads fast Railroads Social aspects fast |
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| topic | Railroads Social aspects California History. Railroads California History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111095 TRANSPORTATION Railroads History. bisacsh Railroads fast Railroads Social aspects fast |
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