A Most Magnificent Machine: America Adopts the Railroad, 1825–1862

Historians studying antebellum transportation often enliven their writing with a quotation from an astonished citizen commenting on the amazing new steamboat or railroad that had revolutionized daily life. The result is an extraordinary array of material that fully captures the American reaction to...

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Published in:Journal of Southern History 2012, Vol.78 (2), p.452-453
Main Author: Marrs, Aaron W.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
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Railroads
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Summary:Historians studying antebellum transportation often enliven their writing with a quotation from an astonished citizen commenting on the amazing new steamboat or railroad that had revolutionized daily life. The result is an extraordinary array of material that fully captures the American reaction to railroads in all its complexity: the wonder of the first journey, the fear of accidents, the worry over corporate power, the celebration of technological progress.
ISSN:0022-4642
2325-6893