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A Most Magnificent Machine : America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miner, H. Craig, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Railroads--United States--Statistics.
- Railroads.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
- Summary:
- Traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War and also examines the cultural, economic, and political aspects.
- 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:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Miner, Craig A Most Magnificent Machine
- ISBN:
- 9780700638499
- OCLC:
- 1450607321
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