Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked...
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Author: Richard White
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by White, Richard

Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

$235.64

Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

$235.64
Author: Richard White
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.



Author: Richard White
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/23/2012
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780393342376


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/03/2012 pg. 48

About the Author
White, Richard: - Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is Margaret Byrne Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and lives near Palo Alto, California.

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