| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxxix, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-642) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Genesis -- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas -- Annus horribilis : 1873 -- A railroad life : William Hyde -- Friends -- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial politics -- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny cats -- Mise en scène : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en scène : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en scène : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en scène : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en scène : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War. |
| Subject |
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Land settlement -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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National characteristics, American.
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| ISBN |
9780393061260 hardcover $35.00 |
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0393061264 hardcover |
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