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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

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Availability:In StockContributor:Richard WhitePublish date:2012-04-23Pages:720
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393342376ISBN-10:393342379UPC:9780393342376Book Category:Transportation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Railroads, United StatesBook Topic:History, 19th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZ3W5XGD8

The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the West, and opened new ways of life and work. Their discriminatory rates sparked a new antimonopoly politics.

The transcontinentals were 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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393342376ISBN-10:393342379UPC:9780393342376Book Category:Transportation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Railroads, United StatesBook Topic:History, 19th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZ3W5XGD8
White, Richard: - Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is Margaret Byrne Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and lives near Palo Alto, California.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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