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The train and the telegraph : a revisionist history /
To many people in the nineteenth century, the railroad and the telegraph were powerful, transformative forces, ones that seemed to work closely together to shape the economy, society, and politics of the United States. However, the perception--both popular and scholarly--of the intrinsic connections...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2019]
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| Series: | Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Rights-of-way
- Dangerous expedient
- At war with time and space
- The American system
- The struggle for standards
- Telegraphers and regulators.