A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825-1862

by Craig Miner

Book Overview

Winner: George W. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award

Just as the railroad transformed America's economic landscape, it profoundly transfigured its citizens as well. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Informed especially by rich research in the nation's newspaper archives, Craig Miner now traces the growth of railroads from their origins...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617558
• ISBN13: 9780700617555
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"