Download or read book New Roads Canals and Railroads in Early 19th Century America written by Kurt Ray and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-08-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
Download or read book New Roads Canals and Railroads in Early 19th Century America written by Kurt Ray and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-08-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
Download or read book New Roads Canals and Railroads in the 19th Century America The Transportation Revolution written by Kurt Ray and published by Rosen Classroom Books & Materials. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6 copies of one book
Download or read book A Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States Comprehending Notices of All the Works of Internal Improvement Throughout the Several States written by Henry Schenck Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Government Promotion of American Canals and Railroads 1800 1890 written by Carter Goodrich and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1974-11-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Railroad and the State written by Robert G. Angevine and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century.
Download or read book Railroads and American Economic Growth written by Robert William Fogel and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Download or read book The Railway Journey written by Wolfgang Schivelbusch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. But this was not always the case; as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change—the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness—was very much a learned behavior. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city. Belonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change. Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization.
Download or read book American Environmental History written by Dan Allosso and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded, new and improved American Environmental History textbook for everyone! After years of teaching Environmental History at a major East Coast University without a textbook, Dr. Dan Allosso decided to take matters into his own hands. The result, American Environmental History, is a concise, comprehensive survey covering the material from Dan's undergraduate course. What do people say about the class and the text? "This was my first semester and this course has created an incredible first impression. If all of the courses are this good, I am going to really enjoy my time here. The course has completely changed the way I look at the world." (Student in 2014 class) "One of the few classes I'm really sad is ending, the subject matter is fascinating and Dan is a great guide to it. His approach should be required of all students as it teaches an appreciation for a newer and better way of living." (Student in 2014 class) "Allosso's lectures are fantastic. The best I have ever had. So impressed. The material is always extremely interesting and well-presented." (Student in 2015 class) "It is just a perfect course that I think should be mandatory if we want to save our planet and live responsibly." (Student in 2015 class) "A rare gem for an IB ESS teacher or any social studies teacher looking for an 11th or 12th grade supplementary text that aims to provide an historical context for the environmental reality in America today. Highly recommended." (District Curriculum Coordinator, 2016) "I was so impressed with this material that I am using it as a supplement for a course I teach at my college." (History and Environmental Studies Professor, 2017) Beginning in prehistory and concluding in the present, American Environmental History explores the ways the environment has affected the choices that became our history, and how our choices have affected the environment. The dynamic relationship between people and the world around them is missing from mainstream history. Putting the environment back into history helps us make sense of the past and the present, which will help guide us toward a better future. More information and Dan's blog are available at environmentalhistory.us
Download or read book The Filth of Progress Immigrants Americans and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West written by Ryan Dearinger and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Railroads written by Sally Senzell Isaacs and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2004 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the early railroad era in the United States, describing the first trains, progress in train development, the growth of railroad networks, and the contribution of trains to the growth of the country.
Download or read book Railroaded The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America written by Richard White and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations." —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book Review The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the West, and opened new ways of life and work. Their discriminatory rates sparked a new antimonopoly politics. The transcontinentals were pivotal actors in the making of modern America, but the triumphal myths of the golden spike, Robber Barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.
Download or read book A Brief Description of the Canals and Rail Roads of the United States written by Henry Schenck Tanner and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Market and Community in Antebellum America written by John D. Majewski and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Historical Atlas of the Industrial Age and the Growth of America s Cities written by Sherri Liberman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how the industrial age influenced the growth of the United States, includng settling the West, expanding the industrial economy, and changing the social structure.
Download or read book Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States written by Charles Oscar Paullin and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A digitally enhanced version of this atlas was developed by the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond and is available online. Click the link above to take a look.
