A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (761 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700617558 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 354 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Back Cover "An impressive study that expands the path-breaking works of Leo Marx's Machine in the Garden and Bruce Mazlish's The Railroad and the Space Program to reprise the early national debate over railroads."--James A. His book offers unprecedented insight into the exhilaration and the anxiety that accompanied this transforming innovation."--Steven W. Combing a vast treasure trove of antebellum newspapers, Miner conveys the full drama of this prolonged encounter between a people and a machine. Ward, author of Railroads and the Character of America, 1820-1887 "An imaginatively researched, delightfully written, and sensibly argued study that offers comprehensive insights into the Railway Age's formative years."--H. Usselman, author of Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840-1920<
By identifying citizens' hopes and fears sparked by the railroads, A Most Magnificent Machine takes readers down the tracks of progress as it opens a new window on antebellum America.. He also explores the impact of railroads on different regions, even disproving the backwardness of the South by citing the Central of Georgia as one of the best-managed and most profitable lines in the country.Through this panoramic work, readers will discover just how the benefits of what became the country's first big business triumphed over cultural concerns, though not without considerable controversy along the way. Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfig
Louis-San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad: The Thirty-Fifth Parallel Project, 1853-1890; Seeding Civil War: Kansas in the National News, 1854-1858; and West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas. His many books include The St. . Craig Miner is Willard Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University
An excellent history of the early railroads Keith T. Poole This book is an excellent history of the early railroads using what people at the time said about them. The author uses old newspaper articles from the time to show what people thought about these new machines. A really fine synthesis that should be of interest to anyone who enjoys American railroad history.