The Epic Story of the American Railroad
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/2012
In the 1830s, The United States underwent a second revolution. The opening of the Baltimore Ohio line, the first American railroad, set in motion a process which, by the end of the century, would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad lines, small-town stations and magisterial termini, built and controlled the biggest corporations in America. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, as the automobile and the aeroplane came to dominate American journey-making, the historic importance of the railroads began to be erased from America's hearts and minds. In The Great Railway Revolution, Christian Wolmar tells us not only the extraordinary one-hundred-and-eighty-year story of the rise, fall and ultimate shattering the greatest of all American endeavours - of technological triumph and human tragedy, of visionary pioneers and venal and rapacious railway barons - he also argues that while America has largely disowned this heritage, now is the time to celebrate, reclaim and reinstate it.
- ISBN:
- 9780857890351
- 9780857890351
- Category:
- Trains & railways: general interest
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-05-2012
- Publisher:
- Atlantic Books
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 432
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241x163x40mm
- Weight:
- 0.85kg
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Transport: general interest
History of engineering & technology
Technology: general issues
History of the Americas
Trains & railways: general interest
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
21st century history: from c 2000 -
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