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Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force - Hardcover

Martin, Albro

 
9780195038538: Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195038533 ISBN 13: 9780195038538
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1992

Inhaltsangabe

The coming of the railroad to America in the 1830s was one of the most significant events in its history. Enabling towns, industries, and farms to spring up away from the waterways, it transformed the social and economic face of the nation. Albro Martin's history is a colourful chronicle of the great railroad founders and builders, famous trains, and classic stations. It is, however, much more than a romance of the rails: it also explores the corruption and greed of the pioneers, the too-frequent sacrifice of safety for speed, and the threat posed by other forms of transport.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Albro Martin is Oglesby Professor of American Heritage, Emeritus, at Bradley University, and was previously Professor of Business History at Harvard University. He is also the author of Enterprise Denied: Origins of the Decline of American Railroads and James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0195038533
ISBN 13 
9780195038538
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
444
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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