Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929
Author:   Sarah H. Gordon
Publisher:   Ivan R Dee, Inc
ISBN:  

9781566632188


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929


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Author:   Sarah H. Gordon
Publisher:   Ivan R Dee, Inc
Imprint:   Ivan R Dee, Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9781566632188


ISBN 10:   1566632188
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   01 October 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A compelling argument. * Journal of Southern History * Engaging and nicely written, with a definitive and sustained point of view. * Virginia Quarterly Review * Continually intriguing and particularly rich...layered. -- Michael Kennedy * Chicago Tribune * One of the best accounts I have read of the railroad in America. It blends history, technology, business, and social concerns to achieve a total perspective. -- James F. Goodwin, former president, Connecticut Central Railroad * Columbia University * A quite wonderful book...richly textured and intellectually stimulating. -- Elizabeth Blackmur * Columbia University *


One of the best accounts I have read of the railroad in America. It blends history, technology, business, and social concerns to achieve a total perspective.--James F. Goodwin, former president, Connecticut Central Railroad Columbia University


Continually intriguing and particularly rich...layered.--Michael Kennedy Chicago Tribune


Author Information

Sarah Gordon teaches American history at the Tikvah High School for Girls and Quinnipiac College, both in Connecticut.

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