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A most magnificent machine : America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.

Title: A most magnificent machine : America adopts the railroad, 1825-1862 / Craig Miner.
Author: Miner, H. Craig.
Publication: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

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Description

xvi, 325 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

Railroads > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
Railroads > United States > History > 19th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : treading on enchanted ground -- Baltimore looks West -- The vast machinery -- Network -- Default -- Riding the rails -- The soulless corporation -- Scalded by the steam -- The near West -- Southern strategy -- The prairie and the river -- Panic -- We fly by night -- Mr. Whitney's dream -- Pacific or bust -- Conclusion : adapting to the machine.

ISBN

9780700617555 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0700617558 (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

2010026138

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries