The American Transportation Revolution

Author : Aaron W. Marrs
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421448505
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Transportation Revolution written by Aaron W. Marrs and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of steamboats and railroads in the United States prior to the Civil War. In the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. Steamboats and railroads turned long-distance travel from an arduous undertaking into a regularized commodity: travel became something that people could purchase. Historians have long understood the economic and political ramifications of improved travel, but the social and cultural dimensions of early steam transit are less studied. In The American Transportation Revolution, Aaron W. Marrs explores the cultural influence of steamboats and railroads, which fascinated Americans across the country. Demonstrating the wide cultural reach of steam transit, Marrs draws from an eclectic set of sources, including children's books, comic almanacs, musical works, sermons, etiquette guides, cartoons, and employee rulebooks. This rich tapestry of cultural production helped "naturalize" steam technology for Americans before they ever encountered steam transit in person. Before ever seeing a railroad, Americans could read a novel that took place on a railroad, see an image of a train on currency, or purchase piano music imitating a train. These cultural artifacts made these new forms of transport feel familiar and natural. Marrs examines how cultural norms about travel emerged through the prescriptions of etiquette authors and the actions of travelers themselves, how enslaved people made innovative use of transportation networks to escape from slavery, and much more. Marrs convincingly demonstrates steam transportation's broad cultural impact on the United States, and how Americans, in turn, imprinted their own meaning on this new technology.

Author : George R. Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317454197
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transportation Revolution, 1815-60 written by George R. Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series of detailed reference manuals on American economic history, this volume traces the development and rapid growth of transportation across the USA in the mid-1800s.

Author : Dan Allosso
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981731732
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Environmental History written by Dan Allosso and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded, new and improved American Environmental History textbook for everyone! After years of teaching Environmental History at a major East Coast University without a textbook, Dr. Dan Allosso decided to take matters into his own hands. The result, American Environmental History, is a concise, comprehensive survey covering the material from Dan's undergraduate course. What do people say about the class and the text? "This was my first semester and this course has created an incredible first impression. If all of the courses are this good, I am going to really enjoy my time here. The course has completely changed the way I look at the world." (Student in 2014 class) "One of the few classes I'm really sad is ending, the subject matter is fascinating and Dan is a great guide to it. His approach should be required of all students as it teaches an appreciation for a newer and better way of living." (Student in 2014 class) "Allosso's lectures are fantastic. The best I have ever had. So impressed. The material is always extremely interesting and well-presented." (Student in 2015 class) "It is just a perfect course that I think should be mandatory if we want to save our planet and live responsibly." (Student in 2015 class) "A rare gem for an IB ESS teacher or any social studies teacher looking for an 11th or 12th grade supplementary text that aims to provide an historical context for the environmental reality in America today. Highly recommended." (District Curriculum Coordinator, 2016) "I was so impressed with this material that I am using it as a supplement for a course I teach at my college." (History and Environmental Studies Professor, 2017) Beginning in prehistory and concluding in the present, American Environmental History explores the ways the environment has affected the choices that became our history, and how our choices have affected the environment. The dynamic relationship between people and the world around them is missing from mainstream history. Putting the environment back into history helps us make sense of the past and the present, which will help guide us toward a better future. More information and Dan's blog are available at environmentalhistory.us

Author : Kurt Ray
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823940363
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Roads, Canals, and Railroads in Early 19th-Century America written by Kurt Ray and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-08-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.

Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253352169
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Visionary Railroader written by H. Roger Grant and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States. As president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Jervis Langdon Jr. had the opportunity to put progressive concepts into practice. In 1964, Langdon took charge of the Rock Island, and by the time he left in 1970, he had spearheaded major improvements for this struggling carrier. The same year, he became lead trustee for the bankrupt Penn Central and three years later assumed the presidency. From his role in passing the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 to his work on creating the quasi-public Conrail, Visionary Railroader examines the impact of Langdon's active life with clear text, unique representations of media of the day, and select family photos.

Author : Kurt Ray
Publisher : Rosen Classroom Books & Materials
ISBN 13 : 9780823942671
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Roads, Canals, and Railroads in the 19th Century America: The Transportation Revolution written by Kurt Ray and published by Rosen Classroom Books & Materials. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6 copies of one book

Author : P. Scott Corbett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781738998432
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. History written by P. Scott Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in color. U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.

Author : George Rogers Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860 written by George Rogers Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Lauritz Larson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139483420
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Market Revolution in America written by John Lauritz Larson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass industrial democracy that is the modern United States bears little resemblance to the simple agrarian republic that gave it birth. The market revolution is the reason for this dramatic - and ironic - metamorphosis. The resulting tangled frameworks of democracy and capitalism still dominate the world as it responds to the panic of 2008. Early Americans experienced what we now call 'modernization'. The exhilaration - and pain - they endured have been repeated in nearly every part of the globe. Born of freedom and ambition, the market revolution in America fed on democracy and individualism even while it generated inequality, dependency, and unimagined wealth and power. In this book, John Lauritz Larson explores the lure of market capitalism and the beginnings of industrialization in the United States. His research combines an appreciation for enterprise and innovation with recognition of negative and unanticipated consequences of the transition to capitalism and relates economic change directly to American freedom and self-determination, links that remain entirely relevant today.

Author : Paul R. Wonning
Publisher : Mossy Feet Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Transportation Revolution written by Paul R. Wonning and published by Mossy Feet Books. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Transportation Revolution covers the history of the evolution of major modes of human transportation. The book provides interesting events in the development of walking, roads, airships, bicycles, aviation, kites, railroads, jet engines and rockets. Additional sections cover the history of canals, boats, ships and more. roads, railroads, airships, bicycle, kites, jet engine, rocket