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Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force /
In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland trave...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; Illustrations and Maps; 1. Nerves of Copper, Arteries of Iron; 2. A Nation on Wheels: The Formative Years of the American Passenger Train, 1830-1870; 3. Mobile, Hard-Working, and Hard-Playing: Rail Travel and the Transformation of American Society, 1870-1900; 4. The Passenger Train Creates Modern America; 5. The Passenger Train Exalted, 1900-1990; 6. The First Energy Revolution; 7. Oh, the Farmer and the Townsman Must Be Friends!; 8. Carrying the People's Burden to Market; 9. From Mercantile Nation to Industrial Giant; 10. From Entrepreneurs to Managers: The Founding Years.