Over the range : a history of the Promontory Summit route of the Pacific railroad /

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Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. He gazes outward from the site of the transcontinental railroad's completion - the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transportation cor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Francaviglia, Richard V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2008.
©2008
Temas:
Union Pacific Railway Company.
Central Pacific Railroad Company > History.
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Pacific railroads.
Railroads > West (U.S.) > History.
Railroads > History.
Chemins de fer du Pacifique (États-Unis)
Chemins de fer > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
HISTORY > Historical Geography.
Pacific railroads
Railroads
West United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Francaviglia looks anew at the geographical-historical context of the driving of the golden spike in May 1869. He gazes outward from the site of the transcontinental railroad's completion - the summit of a remote mountain range that extends south into the Great Salt Lake. The transportation corridor that for the first time linked America's coasts gave this distinctive region significance, but it anchored two centuries of human activity linked to the area's landscape. Francaviglia brings to that larger story a geographer's perspective on place and society, a railroad enthusiast's know.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 333 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and index.
ISBN:0874217067
9780874217063
1283250152
9781283250153
9786613250155
6613250155

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