Railroads triumphant : the growth, rejection, and rebirth of a vital American force /
In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland trave...
| Основен автор: | Martin, Albro. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=368798 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Railroads triumphant. |
| Резюме: |
In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the com. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 428 pages) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199874262 0199874263 |