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The Resource Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White

Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White

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
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
A new, incisive history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1947-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
White, Richard
Dewey number
385.0973/09034
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
HE2751
LC item number
.W55 2011
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Railroads
  • Land settlement
  • National characteristics, American
Target audience
adult
Label
Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-642) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 sc?ne : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- Working men -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en sc?ne : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en sc?ne : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en sc?ne : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en sc?ne : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion
  • 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 sc?ne : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en sc?ne : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en sc?ne : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en sc?ne : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en sc?ne : Wovoka
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxxix, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780393061260
Isbn Type
(hc.)
Lccn
2010054054
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn668194893
  • (Sirsi) o668194893
  • (OCoLC)668194893
Label
Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America, Richard White
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-642) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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 sc?ne : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- Working men -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en sc?ne : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en sc?ne : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en sc?ne : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en sc?ne : Wovoka -- Epilogue -- Conclusion
  • 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 sc?ne : labor in nature -- Men in octopus suits -- A railroad life : William Mahl -- Workingmen -- A railroad life : William Pinkerton -- Looking backward -- Mise en sc?ne : the death of Johanna Grogan -- Collapse -- Mise en sc?ne : reading the newspapers -- Strike -- Mise en sc?ne : following the detectives -- Creative destruction -- Mise en sc?ne : Wovoka
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
xxxix, 660 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780393061260
Isbn Type
(hc.)
Lccn
2010054054
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocn668194893
  • (Sirsi) o668194893
  • (OCoLC)668194893

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