Men, Cities and Transportation : : A Study in New England History, 1820–1900. / Volume I, : Men, Cities and Transportation: A Study in New England History, 1820-1900, Volume I / / Edward Chase Kirkland.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©1948
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
Series:Studies in Economic History ; 9
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Physical Description:1 online resource (528 p.) :; 23 illustrations; 7 maps
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Other title:Frontmatter --
PREFACE --
CONTENTS --
ILLUSTRATIONS --
I. NEW ENGLAND'S DOMESTIC MERCHANT MARINE --
II. HIGHWAYS AND THEIR HERITAGE --
III. IMPROVED WATERWAYS AND CANALS --
IV. "THE RAILROAD SCHEME" --
V. THE FIRST TRANSECTIONAL RAILROAD --
VI. Α ROUTE TO THE LAKES --
VII. PORTLAND: RIVAL OR SATELLITE --
VIII. NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS --
IX. REGULATION: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE --
X. THE RAILROAD CRISIS --
XI. THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD --
XII. “THE GREAT BORE” --
XIII. THE FAILURE OF A ROUTE --
XIV. MAINE’S EXPERIMENT WITH GOVERNMENT AID --
XV. BOSTON’S RATES WITH THE WEST
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674368934
9783110353464
9783110353488
9783110442212
DOI:10.4159/harvard.9780674368934
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Edward Chase Kirkland.