How the railroads transformed American life between 1829 and 1929, and why the cost of their achievements was so damaging to the social and economic life of the nation. "A quite wonderful book...richly textured and intellectually stimulating."-Elizabeth Blackmar, Columbia University. Selected by
Choice as an outstanding book for 1997.
| Author: Sarah H. Gordon |
| Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury |
| Publication Date: Oct 01, 1998 |
| Number of Pages: 416 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1566632188 |
| ISBN-13: 9781566632188 |