Transportation and the American People (eBook)

H. Roger Grant (Autor)

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2019
264 Seiten
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-04334-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Grant provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative of the social history of travel, shining a light on the role of transportation in shaping the country and on the people who helped build it.

1) Grant is considered one of the leading scholars in transportation and a well-respected addition to the list.
2) This is the first book that examines all of these aspects of transportation. It will be the authoritative book on the subject.
3) IUP's railroad titles have traditionally sold well and are considered at the top of their field.

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Transportation is the unsung hero in America's story. Stagecoaches, waterways, canals, railways, busses, and airplanes revolutionized much more than just the way people got around; they transformed the economic, political, and social aspects of everyday life. In Transportation and the American People, renowned historian H. Roger Grant tells the story of American transportation from its slow, uncomfortable, and often dangerous beginnings to the speed and comfort of travel today. Early advances like stagecoaches and canals allowed traders, business, and industry to expand across the nation, setting the stage for modern developments like transcontinental railways and busses that would forever reshape the continent. Grant provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative of the social history of travel, shining a light on the role of transportation in shaping the country and on the people who helped build it.

Autor

H. Roger Grant is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University. He is author of numerous books, including Visionary Railroader, John W. Barriger III, Railroaders without Borders, and Railroads and the American People.

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Steady but Uncomfortable: Stagecoaches and the American People

2. Waterways and the American People

3. Slow and Steady: Canals and the American People

4. Railways and the American People

5. Buses and the American People

6. Airplanes and the American People

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Railroads Past and Present
• Reihe/Serie: Railroads Past and Present
• Reihe/Serie: Railroads Past and Present
• Zusatzinfo: 40 b&w illus.
• Verlagsort: Bloomington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Airplanes • American • Automobile • Bus • Canal • engineer • History • Iron Horse • Locomotive • railfan • Railroad • Railway • stage coach • Trains • transcontinental • Transit • Transportation • United States • U.S. • US • waterway
• ISBN-10: 0-253-04334-4 / 0253043344
• ISBN-13: 978-0-253-04334-4 / 9780253043344