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Railroaded : the transcontinentals and the making of modern America /

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100	1	\|aWhite, Richard,\|d1947-
245	10	\|aRailroaded :\|bthe transcontinentals and the making of modern America /\|cRichard White.
260		\|aNew York :\|bW.W. Norton,\|c2012.
300		\|axxxix, 660 p., [8] p. of plates :\|bill., maps ;\|c21 cm.
500		\|aFirst published in hardcover, 2011.
504		\|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 535-642) and index.
520		\|aThis work is a history of the transcontinental railroads and how they transformed America in the decades after the Civil War. 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 of work and ways of life. Their discriminatory rates sparked broad opposition and a new antimonopoly politics. With characteristic originality, range, and authority, Richard White shows the transcontinentals to be 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.
650	0	\|aRailroads\|xHistory\|y19th century\|zUnited States.
650	0	\|aLand settlement\|xHistory\|y19th century\|zUnited States.
650	0	\|aNational characteristics, American.
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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.
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