A most magnificent machine : America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.
Miner, H. Craig.
2010
HE2751 .M56 2010 (Mapit)
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Title A most magnificent machine : America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.
Author Miner, H. Craig.
ISBN 9780700617555 (alk. paper)
0700617558 (alk. paper)
Imprint Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2010.
Language English
Description xvi, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HE2751 .M56 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 385.0973/09034
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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