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Forging the "Bee Line" Railroad, 1848-1889 : The Rise and Fall of Hoosier Partisans and the Cleveland Clique /
In the 1830s, as the Trans Appalachian economy began to stir and Europe's Industrial Revolution reached its peak, concerned Midwesterners saw opportunities and risks. Success of the Erie Canal as a link to East Coast economic markets whetted the appetites of visionaries and entrepreneurs, who s...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Kent, Ohio :
Kent State University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Background and Acknowledgments; Railroad Abbreviations List; Preface; How the Bee Line Got Its Name; The Bee Line to Big Four Flowchart; The Atlantic and Great Western Railroads to Erie Railroad Flowchart; Timeline of the Bee Line Railroads and Involved Lines; Prologue: U.S. Transportation Policy and the Industrial Revolution: 1780s-1830s; The Dawn of Midwestern Railroading: An Indiana Example: 1832-1853; Push and Pull of the Cleveland Clique and Hoosier Partisans: 1853-1868.
- National Aspirations and Financial Chicanery: 1860-1874End of the Era: The Bee Line Fades from the Scene: 1874; Epilogue: Bee Line Destiny-Cornerstone of the Big Four Route: 1874-1889; Appendix A: Principal Characters List; Appendix B: Representative Bee Line Locomotive Images; Notes; Bibliography; Index.