The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West /

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"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful ric...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dearinger, Ryan, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Canal construction workers > United States > History.
Railroad construction workers > United States > History.
Foreign workers > United States > History.
Canals > United States > History.
Railroads > United States > History.
Ouvriers de canal > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer > États-Unis > Histoire.
Canaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Canal construction workers
Canals
Foreign workers
Railroad construction workers
Railroads
United States
19th century american history.
19th century american immigrants.
american empire.
american history.
american west.
canals.
capitalism.
central pacific railroad.
chinese.
construction workers.
continental empire.
cultural studies.
erie canal.
history.
immigrants.
immigration.
irish.
labor studies.
labor.
mormons.
narrative of progress.
national infrastructure.
rail travel.
railroads.
suffering.
survival.
technology.
union pacific railroad.
united states of america.
westward expansion.
workers rights.
workers.
History
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