The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America /

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"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dyn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thomas, William G., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Confederate States of America. > Army > Transportation.
United States. > Army > Transportation > History > 19th century.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
United States. > Army.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld.
United States. > Army > Transportation > History.
1800-1899
Railroads > United States > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Confederate States of America > History.
Transportation > United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > Transportation.
Railroads.
Territorial expansion.
Transportation.
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865.
Eisenbahn.
Expansion.
Kriegführung.
Sezessionskrieg.
Railroads > United States > History.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Expansion territoriale > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
USA.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Transportation.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Transportation.
United States > Territorial expansion > History.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Part I: Tools. Slavery, the South, and "every bar of railroad iron" ; Railroads, the North, and "the velocity of progress"
  • Part II: Leviathan. Secession and a modern war ; Fighting the Confederate landscapes ; The railroad war zones ; The Confederate nation "cut off from the world" ; The railroad strategy
  • Part III: Vortex. After emancipation
  • Epilogue : The road to Promontory Summit
  • Appendix : Tables.

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