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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.
Subject
  • Railroads > History > United States > 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
OCLC
607980793
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library