Iron empires : robber barons, railroads, and the making of modern America /

In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America's railways exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks and visionaries. Hiltzik shows...

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Main Author: Hiltzik, Michael A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
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Call Number: HE2751 .H425 2020
 
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