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Railroad crossing : Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910 /

Main Author: Deverell, William, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ℗♭1994.
Subjects:
Railroads > Social aspects > California > History.
Railroads > California > History.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > History.
Railroads.
Railroads > Social aspects.
California.
Electronic books.
History.
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Related Items: Print version:: Railroad crossing.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the varieties of railroad antagonism
  • "What is this railroad to do for us?"
  • "California netted with iron tracks"
  • A volcano at any moment: the Pullman strike in California
  • The Los Angeles "Free harbor fight"
  • Pens as swords: fiction, nonfiction, and railroad opposition
  • "Let us agitate and agitate": progressives and the railroad
  • Epilogue: building an octopus.

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