Railroads triumphant :: the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force /
In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland trave...
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| Zusammenfassung: | In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the com. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| spelling | Martin, Albro. Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force / Albro Martin. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. 1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. Cover; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; 1. Nerves of Copper, Arteries of Iron; 2. A Nation on Wheels: The Formative Years of the American Passenger Train, 1830-1870; 3. Mobile, Hard-Working, and Hard-Playing: Rail Travel and the Transformation of American Society, 1870-1900; 4. The Passenger Train Creates Modern America; 5. The Passenger Train Exalted, 1900-1990; 6. The First Energy Revolution; 7. Oh, the Farmer and the Townsman Must Be Friends!; 8. Carrying the People's Burden to Market; 9. From Mercantile Nation to Industrial Giant; 10. From Entrepreneurs to Managers: The Founding Years. In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the com. Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL star Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Railroads United States History. TRANSPORTATION Railroads History. bisacsh Railroads fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Eisenbahn gnd Geschichte gnd USA gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4078704-7 Spoorwegen. gtt Railways United States History fast has work: Railroads triumphant (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFMdgrPCT6MdRpW3R4vY6C https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Martin, Albro. Railroads triumphant. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 0195038533 (DLC) 90007845 (OCoLC)22209700 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=368798 Volltext |
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