The Train and the Telegraph: A Revisionist History
(Part of the Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics Series)
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A challenge to the long-held notion of close ties between the railroad and telegraph industries of the nineteenth century. To many people in the nineteenth century, the railroad and the telegraph were powerful, transformative forces, ones that seemed to work closely together to shape the economy, society, and politics of the United States. However, the perception--both popular and scholarly--of the intrinsic connections between these...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421429748
ISBN13:9781421429748
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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