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Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America
- Title
- Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America / Richard White.
- Author
- White, Richard, 1947-
- Publication
- New York : Norton, c2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-2849 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Genesis -- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas -- Annus horribilis : 1873 -- A railroad life : William Hyde -- Friends -- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial politics -- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny cats -- Mise en scène : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- Working men -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en scène : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en scène : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en scène : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en scène : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-2849
- ISBN
- 9780393061260 (hardcover)
- 0393061264 (hardcover)
- LCCN
- 2010054054
- OCLC
- 668194893
- Author
- White, Richard, 1947-
- Title
- Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America / Richard White.
- Imprint
- New York : Norton, c2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-2849