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- Condition
- Very Good
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- “Please read the description and check out the photos to confirm that description!”
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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195038533
ISBN-13
9780195038538
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77040
Product Key Features
Book Title
Railroads Triumphant : the Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1992
Topic
Railroads / History, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
31.7 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
90-007845
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
'it provides probably the only on-volume history of American railways available in the UK ... Anyone reading this book will have a good understanding of the fundamental issues which have shaped the current American railroad scene.'The Railway Observer'Railroads triumpant is a fervent and undiluted defence of the iron road in American life.......Albro Martin boldly asserts his views and presents them authoritativelyAmerican Studies'This book can be enjoyed at a number of levels. It contains elements which entertain, inform and guide. It has a rare ability to be both eminently readable, like a novel, and instructive in both the general social history of the American railway age and in the piercing insights into the involvement by the politicians and the bureaucratic process that followed them.'Malcolm Gylee, MCIT, The Proceedings of the Chartered Institute of Transport, "A superb analysis, strongly written. This is a major contribution to the story of American railroad, especially in the 20th century."--William L. Withuhn, Curator of Transportation, Smithsonian Institution, "A superb analysis, strongly written. This is a major contribution to thestory of American railroad, especially in the 20th century."--William L.Withuhn, Curator of Transportation, Smithsonian Institution
Dewey Decimal
385/.0973
Synopsis
The coming of the railroad to America in the 1830s was one of the most significant events in its history. Enabling towns, industries, and farms to spring up away from the waterways, it transformed the social and economic face of the nation. Albro Martin's history is a colourful chronicle of the great railroad founders and builders, famous trains, and classic stations. It is, however, much more than a romance of the rails: it also explores the corruption and greed ofthe pioneers, the too-frequent sacrifice of safety for speed, and the threat posed by other forms of transport., In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the coming of the steam railroad that our nation would unfurl across the vast inland territory. In Railroads Triumphant , Albro Martin provides a fascinating history of rail transportation in America, moving well beyond the "Romance of the Rails" sort of narrative to give readers a real sense of the railroad's importance to our country. The railroad, Martin argues, was "the most fundamental innovation in American material life." It could go wherever rails could be laid--and so, for the first time, farms, industries, and towns could leave natural waterways behind and locate anywhere. (As Martin points out, the railroads created small-town America just as surely as the automobile created the suburbs.) The railroad was our first major industry, and it made possible or promoted the growth of all other industries, among them coal, steel, flour milling, and commercial farming. It established such major cities as Chicago, and had a lasting impact on urban design. And it worked hand in hand with the telegraph industry to transform communication. Indeed, the railroads were the NASA of the 19th century, attracting the finest minds in finance, engineering, and law. But Martin doesn't merely catalogue the past greatness of the railroad. In closing with the episodes that led first to destructive government regulation, and then to deregulation of the railroads and the ensuing triumphant rebirth of the nation's basic means of moving goods from one place to another, Railroads Triumphant offers an impassioned defense of their enduring importance to American economic life. And it is a book informed by a lifelong love of railroads, brimming with vivid descriptions of classic depots, lavish hotels in Chicago, the great railroad founders, and the famous lines. Thoughtful and colorful by turn, this insightful history illuminates the impact of the railroad on our lives., In 1789, when the First Congress met in New York City, the members traveled to the capital just as Roman senators two thousand years earlier had journeyed to Rome, by horse, at a pace of some five miles an hour. Indeed, if sea travel had improved dramatically since Caesar's time, overland travel was still so slow, painful, and expensive that most Americans lived all but rooted to the spot, with few people settling more than a hundred miles from the ocean (a mere two percent lived west of the Appalachians). America in effect was just a thin ribbon of land by the sea, and it wasn't until the coming of the steam railroad that our nation would unfurl across the vast inland territory. In Railroads Triumphant, Albro Martin provides a fascinating history of rail transportation in America, moving well beyond the "Romance of the Rails" sort of narrative to give readers a real sense of the railroad's importance to our country. The railroad, Martin argues, was "the most fundamental innovation in American material life." It could go wherever rails could be laid--and so, for the first time, farms, industries, and towns could leave natural waterways behind and locate anywhere. (As Martin points out, the railroads created small-town America just as surely as the automobile created the suburbs.) The railroad was our first major industry, and it made possible or promoted the growth of all other industries, among them coal, steel, flour milling, and commercial farming. It established such major cities as Chicago, and had a lasting impact on urban design. And it worked hand in hand with the telegraph industry to transform communication. Indeed, the railroads were the NASA of the 19th century, attracting the finest minds in finance, engineering, and law. But Martin doesn't merely catalogue the past greatness of the railroad. In closing with the episodes that led first to destructive government regulation, and then to deregulation of the railroads and the ensuing triumphant rebirth of the nation's basic means of moving goods from one place to another, Railroads Triumphant offers an impassioned defense of their enduring importance to American economic life. And it is a book informed by a lifelong love of railroads, brimming with vivid descriptions of classic depots, lavish hotels in Chicago, the great railroad founders, and the famous lines. Thoughtful and colorful by turn, this insightful history illuminates the impact of the railroad on our lives., When the United States was born, the nation was a thin ribbon of settlement along the Atlantic coast, limited to the waterways by the expense and slow pace of land transportation. Within a hundred years, America spanned a continent, held together by a vast network of railroads. In this panoramic history of American railways, Albro Martin shows how the railroad was "the most fundamental innovation in American material life." For the first time, farms, industries,and towns could leave natural waterways behind and locate anywhere. It was our first major industry, spurring on the growth of all other industries, including coal, steel, flour milling, andcommercial farming. In an engaging narrative, Martin tells how it established such major cities as Chicago, influenced urban design, and transformed communications. This book captures all the dramatic history of the rails, from the exciting spread across the continent through late twentieth-century decline to the triumphant rebirth of recent years. Thoughtful and colorful by turn, this insightful history illuminates the impact of the railroad on our lives.
LC Classification Number
HE2751.M35 1992
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