The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
973.71 THOMAS
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LC Subjects
Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Transportation.
Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century.
United States. -- Army -- Transportation -- History -- 19th century.
Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century.
United States. -- Army -- Transportation -- History -- 19th century.
Other Subjects
Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Transportation.
Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Transportation.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
United States. -- Army -- Transportation -- History.
Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Railroads -- United States -- History.
United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Transportation.
United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
United States. -- Army -- Transportation -- History.
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Physical Desc
281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-274) and index.
Description
"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union's victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of "the South" as a unified region. He discusses the many--and sometimes unexpected--effects of railroad expansion and proposes that America's great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation's vision of itself. Please visit the Railroads and the Making of Modern America website at http://railroads.unl.edu"--,Provided by publisher.