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Electric Indiana : the rise and fall of the world's greatest interurban railway center, 1893-1941 /
"In the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhere was this conflict more evident than in the Midwest, and specifically Indiana, where cities...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2023]
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| Colección: | Railroads past and present.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Interurban versus Automobile
- 1. Memories and the Personal Discovery of Indiana's Interurban Era
- 2.The Promise of Electricity, The Peril of Gasoline
- 3. Investor's Dilemma: Interurban or Automobile?
- 4. Hoosier Hysteria
- or, the Interurban Boom Years
- 5. Gas Belt Prosperity and Indiana's Interurban Pioneers
- 6. Hugh McGowan, Interurban Empire Builder
- 7. The Expansive Dozen Years
- 8. Growing Traffic, Going the Distance
- 9. Travel by Interurban
- 10. A Time for Sober Reflection
- 11. Jitney, the Emergence of a Disruptive Technology
- 12. Losing Traction, Rising Highway Competition
- 13. Deadly Delusion: The Comeback that Never Was
- Conclusion: Remnants
- Appendix: Who Really Coined the Word "Interurban"?
- Notes
- Suggested Further Reading
- Index