Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

by Richard White

Book Overview

The transcontinental railroads of the late nineteenth century were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating panics in the U.S. economy. Their dependence on public largess drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, and remade the landscape of the West. As wheel and rail, car and coal, they opened new worlds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393061264
• ISBN13: 9780393061260
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"