Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America (eBook)

Richard White (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
720 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-08260-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the West, and opened new ways of life and work. Their discriminatory rates sparked a new antimonopoly politics.The transcontinentals were pivotal actors in the making of modern America, but the triumphal myths of the golden spike, Robber Barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.5.2011
• Zusatzinfo: 8 pages of illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 19th century • American History • Gilded Age • Great Northern • pulitzer prize finalist • Railroads • robber barons • Union Pacific • United States • us history • Westward Expansion
• ISBN-10: 0-393-08260-1 / 0393082601
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-08260-9 / 9780393082609