Minneapolis and the age of railways /

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Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860s into the 1950s, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated with more than 200 period photographs and maps, this comprehensive book reflects a time when the locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hofsommer, Donovan L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minn. : [Bristol] : University of Minnesota Press ; [University Presses Marketing, distributor], ©2005.
Temas:
Railroads > Minnesota > Minneapolis > History.
Chemins de fer > Minnesota > Minneapolis > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Railroads.
Minneapolis (Minn.) > History.
Minnesota > Minneapolis.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Steamcars at last
  • Late to the party
  • Of champagne and panic
  • The St. Louis road
  • Pulling and hauling
  • Optimism and realism
  • New players
  • Dancing with the giants
  • Falling rates and encroachment
  • Adrift
  • Three cents per mile
  • Rumors and reality
  • Shifting winds
  • The struggling giant
  • Mixed blessings
  • An uncertain future.

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