America's First Interstate The National Road, 1806-1853.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pickenpaugh, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ashland : The Kent State University Press, 2020.
Temas:
1800-1899
Roads > United States > History > 19th century.
Routes > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Roads
Cumberland Road > History > 19th century.
United States Highway 40 > History.
Cumberland Road > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States Highway 40 > Histoire.
United States
United States > Cumberland Road
United States > United States Highway 40
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: "The touch of a feather": The Highway Came with the Sun
  • Chapter Two: "The most effectual cement of union": Planning the Road
  • Chapter Three: "Entirely in the woods": Construction to the Ohio
  • Chapter Four: "A scene of zeal and industry": Construction through Ohio
  • Chapter Five: "Embarrassments and difficulties from the beginning": Construction through Indiana and Illinois
  • Chapter Six: "An instructive admonition": The States Take Control
  • Chapter Seven: "An indefinite impression of great abuse": State Control of the Road
  • Chapter Eight: "You are sure to be passed by Pete Burdine": The Traveler's Road
  • Chapter Nine: "Truly worthy of a great nation": Responses to the Traveler's Road
  • Chapter Ten: "It kicked up a dust": The Post Road
  • Chapter Eleven: "A peculiar class of men": The Working Road
  • Chapter Twelve: "A continual stream": The Moving Road
  • Afterword: Decline, Rise, and Nostalgia
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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