The Resource Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
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- Summary
- A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction
- Genesis
- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas
- Annus horribilis : 1873
- A railroad life : William Hyde
- Friends
- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot
- Spatial politics
- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen
- Kilkenny cats
- Mise en scène : labor in nature
- Men in octopus suits
- Working men
- A railroad life : William Mahl
- Workingmen
- A railroad life : William Pinkerton
- Looking backward
- Mise en scène : the death of Johanna Grogan
- Collapse
- Mise en scène : reading the newspapers
- Strike
- Mise en scène : following the detectives
- Creative destruction
- Mise en scène : Wovoka
- Epilogue
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780393061260
- Label
- Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America
- Title
- Railroaded
- Title remainder
- the transcontinentals and the making of modern America
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard White
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War
- Award
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 385609
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- White, Richard
- Dewey number
- 385.0973/09034
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HE2751
- LC item number
- .W55 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Railroads
- Land settlement
- National characteristics, American
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the transcontinentals and the making of modern America
- Label
- Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction -- Genesis -- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas -- Annus horribilis : 1873 -- A railroad life : William Hyde -- Friends -- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial politics -- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny cats -- Mise en scène : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- Working men -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en scène : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en scène : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en scène : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en scène : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393061260
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2010-54054
- Other physical details
- ill., maps, ports.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm668194893
- 4479-37260
- (OCoLC)668194893
- (OCoLC)ocn668194893
- (OCoLC)668194893
- (OUa)vtls000794779
- (OCoLC)ocn668194893
- Label
- Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Introduction -- Genesis -- A railroad life : H. K. Thomas -- Annus horribilis : 1873 -- A railroad life : William Hyde -- Friends -- A railroad life : Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial politics -- A railroad life : Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny cats -- Mise en scène : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- Working men -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en scène : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en scène : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en scène : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en scène : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393061260
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2010-54054
- Other physical details
- ill., maps, ports.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm668194893
- 4479-37260
- (OCoLC)668194893
- (OCoLC)ocn668194893
- (OCoLC)668194893
- (OUa)vtls000794779
- (OCoLC)ocn668194893
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