A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862
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Winner: George W. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0700617558
ISBN13:9780700617555
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:354 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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