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Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929 Hardcover - 1997
by Sarah H. Gordon
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In Passage to Union, Sarah Gordon has written a richly informed narrative history of the growth of the railroads, an American icon. But her conclusions are surprising. Where the railroads and their entrepreneurs are ordinarily celebrated for their accomplishments, Ms. Gordon finds that the cost of their achievements was high. Conflicts of interest - at local, state, and regional levels - characterized railroad growth at every stage. Despite the stated aims of government and the railroad corporations to promote settlement and commerce, Ms. Gordon shows that the states lost control of these enterprises and lost the economic benefits of their traffic. Smaller towns withered as people and money flowed to larger cities. By 1900 the union that had emerged reflected the worst fears of railroad critics. The South and West had been settled, but wealth had flowed so heavily to the cities that rural life had lost its attraction. Passage to Union is compelling reading because Ms. Gordon has drawn from diaries, memoirs, literature, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, public records, and railroad history to construct her narrative. The impact of the railroads on people and their communities is powerfully illustrated in this absorbing story of apparent triumph and real loss.
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- Title Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929
- Author Sarah H. Gordon
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ivan R. Dee Publisher, Chicago
- Date November 25, 1997
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781566631389 / 1566631386
- Weight 1.64 lbs (0.74 kg)
- Dimensions 9.47 x 6.38 x 1.59 in (24.05 x 16.21 x 4.04 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Social conditions - 1918-1932, United States - Social conditions - To 1865
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96-28259
- Dewey Decimal Code 385.097
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- Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/1996, Page 1510
- Library Journal, 01/01/1997, Page 120
- Publishers Weekly, 11/11/1996, Page 64
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