Author: Carey S. BlissPublisher:
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Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Free Harbor Contest; Or, Citizen Versus Railroad
Author: Carey S. BlissPublisher:
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Category : Los Angeles (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, International
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Author: Augusta FinkPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Readers of this historical treasure are transported to the times of the Native Americans, to the coming of the intrepid explorers and the dons, through the mission days and the American occupation. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes more than 50 rare photographs.
Railroad Crossing
Author: William F. DeverellPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520917750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. Railroad Crossing is the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California, and it illuminates the chaos that was industrial America from the middle of the nineteenth century through the first decade of the twentieth. Americans clamored for the progress and prosperity that railroads would surely bring, and no railroad was more crucial for California than the transcontinental line linking East to West. With Gold Rush prosperity fading, Californians looked to the railroad as the state's new savior. But social upheaval and economic disruption came down the tracks along with growth and opportunity. Analyzing the changes wrought by the railroad, William Deverell reveals the contradictory roles that technology and industrial capitalism played in the lives of Americans. That contrast was especially apparent in California, where the gigantic corporate "Octopus"—the Southern Pacific Railroad—held near-monopoly status. The state's largest employer and biggest corporation, the S.P. was a key provider of jobs and transportation—and wielder of tremendous political and financial clout. Deverell's lively study is peopled by a rich and disparate cast: railroad barons, newspaper editors, novelists, union activists, feminists, farmers, and the railroad workers themselves. Together, their lives reflect the many tensions—political, social, and economic—that accompanied the industrial transition of turn-of-the-century America.
National Union Catalog
Author: The Hundredth Book
Author: David Bickersteth MageePublisher:
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Category : Gift books
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Annual Report
Author: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art GalleryPublisher:
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Category : Art museums
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Providing for Early Completion of River and Harbor Projects by Issuance of Bonds
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on CommercePublisher:
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description