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A most magnificent machine : America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.
Lippincott Library HE2751 .M56 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miner, H. Craig.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--History--19th century.
- Railroads.
- Railroads--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Railroads--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction : treading on enchanted ground
- Baltimore looks West
- The vast machinery
- Network
- Default
- Riding the rails
- The soulless corporation
- Scalded by the steam
- The near West
- Southern strategy
- The prairie and the river
- Panic
- We fly by night
- Mr. Whitney's dream
- Pacific or bust
- Conclusion : adapting to the machine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700617555
- 0700617558
- OCLC:
- 607980793
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