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Historical atlas of the North American railroad
- Title
- Historical atlas of the North American railroad / Derek Hayes.
- Author
- Hayes, Derek, 1947-
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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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 | No restrictions | *R-Map Div. HE2751 .H327 2010 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Reference Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 224 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 33 cm
- Summary
- " ... the history of the railroad in North America, from its origins in Britain in the 1820s and short lines connecting Eastern Seaboard rivers in the 1830s to Amtrak and the modern intermodal freights driving today's railroad revival."--Jacket.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Maps.
- Atlases.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index.
- Contents
- The railroad map -- Origins -- Local lines -- Extending outward -- Toward a network -- Pacific dreams -- A railroad war -- A network West -- The first transcontinental -- The race West -- Years of glory -- More transcontinentals -- The end of monopoly -- Defending the nation -- A thousand glorious tomorrows.
- Call Number
- HE2751
- ISBN
- 9780520266162
- 0520266161
- LCCN
- 2009943592
- OCLC
- 606760492
- Author
- Hayes, Derek, 1947-
- Title
- Historical atlas of the North American railroad / Derek Hayes.
- Imprint
- Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
- Cartographic Data
- Scales differ.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-217) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *R-Map Div. HE2751 .H327 2010 +