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A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862
Craig Miner
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Description for A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862
Hardcover. The first social and economic history of the founding era of American railroads. Drawing on vast research especially in period newspapers Miner identifies antebellum Americans' hopes and fears sparked by the introduction and adoption of the Iron Horse. Reveals how and why a free society adapts to rapid technological change." Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700617555
SKU
V9780700617555
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99-15
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