American railroads
Auteur :
Stover, John F.
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226776583
Date de publication :
22 déc. 1997
Dimensions :
2,0 x 1,3 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
340 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An account of the rise, decline and rebirth of railroads in the USA, tracing their history from their beginnings to the modern revitalized industry of the 1990s. This survey describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, their part in the Civil War and the two World Wars, and their later decline.