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Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America

text Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America

Summary

A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War.

Contents
Introduction -- Genesis -- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas -- Annus horribilis : 1873 -- A railroad life : William Hyde -- Friends -- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial politics -- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny cats -- M... Read more
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xxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Norton 2011

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 385.097 WHI in Adult Non-fiction Available

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