The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America /
Thomas, William G., 1964-
The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / William G. Thomas. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Part I: Tools. Slavery, the South, and "every bar of railroad iron" ; Railroads, the North, and "the velocity of progress" -- Part II: Leviathan. Secession and a modern war ; Fighting the Confederate landscapes ; The railroad war zones ; The Confederate nation "cut off from the world" ; The railroad strategy -- Part III: Vortex. After emancipation -- Epilogue : The road to Promontory Summit -- Appendix : Tables.
"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union's victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of "the South" as a unified region. He discusses the many--and sometimes unexpected--effects of railroad expansion and proposes that America's great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation's vision of itself. Please visit the Railroads and the Making of Modern America website at http://railroads.unl.edu"--
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Confederate States of America. Army --Transportation.
United States. Army --Transportation--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army.
United States. Army.
1800-1899
Railroads--History--United States--19th century.
Railroads--History.--Confederate States of America
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
Armed Forces--Transportation.
Railroads.
Territorial expansion.
Transportation.
United States--History--Transportation.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Territorial expansion--History--19th century.
États-Unis--Expansion territoriale--Histoire--19e siècle.
United States.
United States--Confederate States of America.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
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973.7/1
The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / William G. Thomas. - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Part I: Tools. Slavery, the South, and "every bar of railroad iron" ; Railroads, the North, and "the velocity of progress" -- Part II: Leviathan. Secession and a modern war ; Fighting the Confederate landscapes ; The railroad war zones ; The Confederate nation "cut off from the world" ; The railroad strategy -- Part III: Vortex. After emancipation -- Epilogue : The road to Promontory Summit -- Appendix : Tables.
"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union's victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of "the South" as a unified region. He discusses the many--and sometimes unexpected--effects of railroad expansion and proposes that America's great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation's vision of itself. Please visit the Railroads and the Making of Modern America website at http://railroads.unl.edu"--
9780300171686 (electronic bk.) 0300171684 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt5q7mj9 JSTOR 6503D172-640F-4467-A67E-8E4B64711128 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
015855618 Uk
Confederate States of America. Army --Transportation.
United States. Army --Transportation--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army.
United States. Army.
1800-1899
Railroads--History--United States--19th century.
Railroads--History.--Confederate States of America
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
Armed Forces--Transportation.
Railroads.
Territorial expansion.
Transportation.
United States--History--Transportation.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Territorial expansion--History--19th century.
États-Unis--Expansion territoriale--Histoire--19e siècle.
United States.
United States--Confederate States of America.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
E491 / .T53 2011eb
973.7/1