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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Boston Post Road, which connected New York City and Boston and evolved into the nation's first major highway system, and describes the road's importance to the political, economic, and social development of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Examines aspects of life in the United States during the Cold War years, from 1946 to 1990, combining text, statistical charts and tables, maps, and illustrations to provide information about population and immigration, the economy, transportation, health care, religion, politics, and many other topics.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This blend of authoritative historic overview and human interest stories recounts one of the most important eras in American history This educational activity book introduces young readers to the Industrial Revolution through the people, places, and inventions of the time, from the incredibly wealthy Rockefellers and Carnegies and the dingy and dangerous factories of the day to the creation of new forms of transportation and communication. By recounting...
Author
Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"An important contribution to railroad technological history. The book's strength is the author's mastery of the mechanical details." -- Mark Reutter, editor, Railroad History The diesel locomotive sent shock waves through rigid corporate cultures and staid government regulators. For some, the new technology promised to be a source of enormous profits; for others, the railroad industry seemed a threat to their very livelihoods. Evolution of the American...
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