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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Table of Contents:
- 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