Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 660 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Mayer Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
385.0973 WHITE
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385.0973 WHITE
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Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
385.0973 WHI
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385.0973 WHI
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
HE2751.W55 2011
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HE2751.W55 2011
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War.
Description
The transcontinental railroads of the late nineteenth century were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating panics in the U.S. economy. Their dependence on public largess drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, and remade the landscape of the West. As wheel and rail, car and coal, they opened new worlds of work and ways of life. Their discriminatory rates sparked broad opposition and a new antimonopoly politics. With characteristic originality, range, and authority, Richard White shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.--Publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
White, R. (2011). Railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern America (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)White, Richard, 1947-. 2011. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. W.W. Norton & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)White, Richard, 1947-. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America W.W. Norton & Co, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)White, Richard. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America First edition., W.W. Norton & Co., 2011.
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