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Book Economic History of the South Carolina Railroad

Download or read book Economic History of the South Carolina Railroad written by Samuel Melanchthon Derrick and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Centennial History of South Carolina Railroad

Download or read book Centennial History of South Carolina Railroad written by Samuel Melanchthon Derrick and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of South Carolina

Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of South Carolina written by Railroad Commission of South Carolina and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Charleston   Hamburg  A South Carolina Railroad   an American Legacy

Download or read book The Charleston Hamburg A South Carolina Railroad an American Legacy written by Thomas Fetters and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many claim that the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the first in the United States, but in reality the Charleston & Hamburg was the first to provide regular service to passengers when it opened its doors in Charleston, South Carolina, on Christmas Day 1830. It would ultimately carry people and goods from the Lowcountry to what is now north Augusta. This volume by historian Thomas Fetters presents a fresh new look at the development and operations of America's premier railroad, including surprising information about key players and newly discovered stories about the railroad's role in the American Civil War. A comprehensive account of the Charleston & Hamburg's history from its inception through Reconstruction, The Charleston & Hamburg, with its forgotten stories of America's premier railroad, is a necessary addition to the bookshelves of historians and rail fans alike!

Book The Shadow of a Dream

Download or read book The Shadow of a Dream written by Peter A. Coclanis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coclanis here charts the economic and social rise and fall of a small, but intriguing part of the American South: Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina low country. Spanning 250 years, his study analyzes the interaction of both external and internal forces on the city and countryside, examining the effect of various factors on the region's economy from its colonial beginnings to its collapse in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Book Railroads in the Old South

Download or read book Railroads in the Old South written by Aaron W. Marrs and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original history of the railroad in the Old South that challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Aaron W. Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners’ pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. “The time is right to bring the South into the story of the economic transformation of antebellum America. Aaron Marrs does this with force and grace in Railroads in the Old South.” —John L. Larson, Purdue University “I am hard pressed to think of another volume that better catches the overall effect railroads had on the Old South.” —Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University “Interesting regional history . . . It is a thoughtful and instructive study that examines not only the pervasiveness of transportation but also some of the social, political, and economic consequences associated with the evolution of southern railroads.” —Choice

Book Engines of Redemption

    Book Details:
  • Author : R. Scott Huffard Jr.
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2019-10-14
  • ISBN : 146965282X
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book Engines of Redemption written by R. Scott Huffard Jr. and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Examining the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern railroad network, R. Scott Huffard Jr. demonstrates how economic and political elites used the symbolic power of the railroad to proclaim a New South had risen. The railroad was more than just an economic engine of growth; it was a powerful symbol of capitalism's advance. However, as the railroad spread across the region, it also introduced new dangers and anxieties. White southerners came to fear the railroad would speed an upending of the racial order, epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent robberies, and domination by corporate monopolies. To complete the reconstruction of capitalism, railroad corporations and their allies had to sever the negative aspects of railroading from capitalism's powers and deny the railroad's transformative powers to black southerners. This study of the New South's experience with the growing railroad network provides valuable insights into the history of capitalism--how it evolves, expands, and overcomes resistance.

Book The Railroads of the Confederacy

Download or read book The Railroads of the Confederacy written by Robert C. Black III and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Robert Black presents a complex and fascinating tale, with the railroads of the American South playing the part of tragic hero in the Civil War: at first vigorous though immature; then overloaded, driven unmercifully, starved for iron; and eventually worn out--struggling on to inevitable destruction in the wake of Sherman's army, carrying the Confederacy down with them. With maps of all the Confederate railroads and contemporary photographs and facsimiles of such documents as railroad tickets, timetables, and soldiers' passes, the book will captivate railroad enthusiasts as well as readers interested in the Civil War.

Book A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860

Download or read book A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860 written by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips and published by New York, Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1908 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad Company  and of the South western Railroad Bank

Download or read book Proceedings of the Stockholders of the South Carolina Railroad Company and of the South western Railroad Bank written by South Carolina Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of South Carolina

Download or read book Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of South Carolina written by Railroad Commission of South Carolina and published by Arkose Press. This book was released on 2015-10-31 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Vital Rails

    Book Details:
  • Author : H. David Stone
  • Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9781570037160
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book Vital Rails written by H. David Stone and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the economy of South Carolina's lowcountry by linking key port cities. This history of the railroad records the story of the C&S and of the men who managed it during wartime.

Book The North Carolina Railroad  1849 1871  and the Modernization of North Carolina

Download or read book The North Carolina Railroad 1849 1871 and the Modernization of North Carolina written by Allen W. Trelease and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-07-25 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In telling the story of the North Carolina Railroad's independent years (1849-71), Trelease covers all aspects of the company and its development, including its construction and rolling stock; its management, labor force, and labor policies; its passenger and freight operations; and its role in the Civil War. He also assesses the impact of the railroad on the economic and social development of North Carolina. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Book Proceedings of the stockholderes of the Charlotte   South Carolina Railroad Company at their ninth annual meeting at Columbia  S C   on the fourth of February  1857

Download or read book Proceedings of the stockholderes of the Charlotte South Carolina Railroad Company at their ninth annual meeting at Columbia S C on the fourth of February 1857 written by Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Records

    Book Details:
  • Author : South Carolina Railroad
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1840
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Records written by South Carolina Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circular letter, 6 Sept. 1848, signed by W[illia]m H. Bartless, re settlement of insurance claims for goods from ship John Castner, damaged by fire and water in Charleston harbor.

Book The Charter and Other Acts of the Legislature  in Relation to the South Carolina Rail Road Company  with the 41st Section of the Act of 1841  and the By laws of Said Company

Download or read book The Charter and Other Acts of the Legislature in Relation to the South Carolina Rail Road Company with the 41st Section of the Act of 1841 and the By laws of Said Company written by South Carolina Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings of the stockholders of the South Carolina rail road company  and the South western rail road bank  at their annual meeting

Download or read book Proceedings of the stockholders of the South Carolina rail road company and the South western rail road bank at their annual meeting written by South Carolina Railroad and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: