The train and the telegraph : a revisionist history /
To many people in the nineteenth century, the railroad and the telegraph were powerful, transformative forces, ones that seemed to work closely together to shape the economy, society, and politics of the United States. However, the perception--both popular and scholarly--of the intrinsic connections...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Rights-of-way
- Dangerous expedient
- At war with time and space
- The American system
- The struggle for standards
- Telegraphers and regulators.