[PDF.67lb] A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862

A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862

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 | #2549260 in Books |  2010-10-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.28 x1.10 x6.34l,1.55 | File type: PDF | 354 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| An excellent history of the early railroads|By Keith T. Poole|This book is an excellent history of the early railroads using what people at the time said about them. The author uses old newspaper articles from the time to show what people thought about these new machines. A really fine synthesis that should be of interest to anyone who enjoys American railroad history.| |"Will prove useful to non-specialists and entertaining to casual readers."—Pacific Historical |"Makes a significant contribution to the history of American railroads."—Indiana Magazine of History|"Students of antebellum

Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins in the 1820s to the onset of the Civil War.

In this first social history of the early railroads...

You easily download any file type for your device.A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862   |  Craig Miner. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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