Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force /
Martin, Albro.
Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force / Albro Martin. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. - xiv, 428 p. : ill. plates., maps.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nerves of copper, arteries of iron-- Anaion on wheels: The formative years of the American passenger train, 1830-1870-- Mobile, hard-working, and hard playing: Rail travel and the transformation of American society, 1870- 1900-- The passenger train creates modern America-- The passenger train exalted, 1900-1990--The first energy revolution-- Oh the farmer and the Townsman must be friends-- Carryling the people's burden to market-- From mercantile nation to industrial giant-- From entrepreneurs to managers: The founding years-- Entrepreneurs to manages: acrross the broad Missouri-- News Jobs todo, new people to do them-- Lawyers, bankers, and Real Railroad men-- It's all politics-- Enterprise Triumphant.
0195038533 9780195038538
90007845
Railroads--History.--United States
Spoorwegen.
Ferrocarriles
Ferrocarriles--Historia--Estados Unidos
Railways United States
HE 2751 / M379r 1992
385/.0973
Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force / Albro Martin. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. - xiv, 428 p. : ill. plates., maps.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nerves of copper, arteries of iron-- Anaion on wheels: The formative years of the American passenger train, 1830-1870-- Mobile, hard-working, and hard playing: Rail travel and the transformation of American society, 1870- 1900-- The passenger train creates modern America-- The passenger train exalted, 1900-1990--The first energy revolution-- Oh the farmer and the Townsman must be friends-- Carryling the people's burden to market-- From mercantile nation to industrial giant-- From entrepreneurs to managers: The founding years-- Entrepreneurs to manages: acrross the broad Missouri-- News Jobs todo, new people to do them-- Lawyers, bankers, and Real Railroad men-- It's all politics-- Enterprise Triumphant.
0195038533 9780195038538
90007845
Railroads--History.--United States
Spoorwegen.
Ferrocarriles
Ferrocarriles--Historia--Estados Unidos
Railways United States
HE 2751 / M379r 1992
385/.0973