Railroads for Michigan / Graydon M. Meints.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meints, Graydon M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroads--Michigan--History.

Railroads.

Railroads--Michigan--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (530 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this thoroughly researched history, Graydon Meints tells the fascinating story of the railroad's arrival and development in Michigan. An engaging and accessible text, the book describes the long-awaited and often-troubled advent of the railroad in the state, the building of which shifted from private to public efforts and back again, amid tumultuous social, business, and political developments. The railroad would come to play a role in almost every critical event in Michigan's history, including the Civil War, the Granger Movement, and the Gilded Age, before beginning to wane f

Contents:

Part 1. The Pioneer Years, 1830-1855

Part 2. The Railroads Come of Age, 1855-1875

Part 3. The Explosive Years, 1875-1897

Part 4. The Golden Years, 1897-1920

Part 5. The Roaring Twenties, the Depression, and World War II, 1920-1945

Part 6. The Waning Years, 1945-1976

Part 7. The Return of the Rails, 1976-2000

Afterword.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60917-374-0

OCLC:

847620289