Victory Rode The Rails The Strategic Place Of The Railroads In The Civil War Maps By George Richard Turner
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: George Edgar Turner |
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: 419 |
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: 1953 |
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: LCCN:10001796 |
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: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Victory Rode the Rails: the Strategic Place of the Railroads in the Civil War /Maps by George Richard Turner by : George Edgar Turner
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: George Edgar Turner |
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Total Pages |
: 419 |
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: 1953 |
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: OCLC:1079170367 |
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: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Victory rode the Rails. The strategic place of the railroads in the Civil War, etc. [With plates.]. by : George Edgar Turner
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: Library of Congress |
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Total Pages |
: 754 |
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: 1968 |
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: UOM:39015082990097 |
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: 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Synopsis The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints by : Library of Congress
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: John F. Stover |
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: University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages |
: 327 |
Release |
: 2008-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780226776606 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0226776603 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Railroads by : John F. Stover
Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel and trucking, railroads have enjoyed a rebirth in recent years as profitable freight carriers. A fascinating account of the rise, decline, and rebirth of railroads in the United States, John F. Stover's American Railroads traces their history from the first lines that helped eastern seaports capture western markets to today's newly revitalized industry. Stover describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, with the consequent need for state and federal regulations; relates the vital part played by the railroads during the Civil War and the two World Wars; and charts the railroads' decline due to the advent of air travel and trucking during the 1950s. In two new chapters, Stover recounts the remarkable recovery of the railroads, along with other pivotal events of the industry's recent history. During the 1960s declining passenger traffic and excessive federal regulation led to the federally-financed creation of Amtrak to revive passenger service and Conrail to provide freight service on bankrupt northeastern railroads. The real savior for the railroads, though, proved to be the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, which brought prosperity to rail freight carriers by substantially deregulating the industry. By 1995, renewed railroad freight traffic had reached nearly twice its former peak in 1944. Bringing both a seasoned eye and new insights to bear on one of the most American of industries, Stover has produced the definitive history of railroads in the United States.
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Total Pages |
: 836 |
Release |
: 1961 |
ISBN-10 |
: OSU:32435019978204 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The National Union Catalog, 1952-1955 Imprints by :
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: |
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Total Pages |
: 1168 |
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: 1954 |
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: IND:30000128773177 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Author |
: E.B. Long |
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: Doubleday |
Total Pages |
: 1437 |
Release |
: 2012-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307819048 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307819043 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War Day by Day by : E.B. Long
“In all the vast collection of books on the American Civil War there is no book like this one,” says Bruce Catton. Never before has such a stunning body of facts dealing with the war been gathered together in one place and presented in a coherent, useful, day-by-day narrative. And never before have statistics revealed human suffering of such heroic and tragic magnitude. The text begins in November, 1860, and ends with the conclusion of hostilities in May, 1865, and the start of reconstruction. It is designed to furnish the reader not only with information, but to tell a story. Here, in addition to the momentous events that are a familiar part of our history, the daily entries recount innumerable lesser military actions as well as some of the other activities and thoughts of men great and unknown engaged in America’s most costly war: · May 5, 1864—a private in the Army of Northern Virginia writes at the beginning of the Battle of the Wilderness, “It is a beautiful spring day on which all this bloody work is being done.” · May 6, 1864—Gen. Lee rides among his men and is shouted to the rear by his protective troops. · April 30, 1864—Joe David, five-year-old son of the Confederate President, dies after a fall from the high veranda of the White House in Richmond. · April 14, 1865—President Lincoln’s busy day includes a Cabinet meeting where he tells of his recurring dream of a ship moving with great rapidity toward a dark and indefinite shore; that night Mr. Lincoln attends a performance of a trifling comedy at Ford’s Theatre, “Our American Cousin”.
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Total Pages |
: 464 |
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: 1993 |
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: UIUC:30112051333166 |
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: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
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: Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.) |
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Total Pages |
: 128 |
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: 1955 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105210391558 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Emergency Management of the National Economy by : Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.)
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: R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography |
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Total Pages |
: 2352 |
Release |
: 1978 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105117254180 |
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: |
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: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Book Publishing Record Cumulative, 1950-1977 by : R.R. Bowker Company. Department of Bibliography