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The iron way [electronic resource] : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / William G. Thomas.

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"Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dyn...

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Main Author: Thomas, William G., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Confederate States of America. > Army > Transportation.
United States. > Army > Transportation > History > 19th century.
Railroads > United States > History > 19th century.
Railroads > Confederate States of America > History.
Transportation > United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
United States. > Army.
Armed Forces > Transportation.
Railroads.
Territorial expansion.
Transportation.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
History.

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