Author: Stephen E. AmbrosePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Empire's Tracks
Author: Manu KarukaPublisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520296648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants who toiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative, military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains the imperial foundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisited interdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionary border policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism. This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how the transcontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire.
Nothing Like It In the World
Author: Stephen E. AmbrosePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields, Two Volume Set
Author: Erol TutumluerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203865286
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields focuses on issues pertaining to the bearing capacity of highway and airfield pavements and railroad track structures and provided a forum to promote efficient design, construction and maintenance of the transportation infrastructure. The collection of papers from the Eighth International Conference
The Truth about China and Japan (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Putnam WealePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131743143X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
This title, first published in 1921, aimed to present for the reader a glance into what the position was in Eastern Asia at the beginning of the twentieth century. This book will be of interest to student of history, politics and Asian Studies.
The Railroad Trainman
Author: A financial scheme for the relief of Railway Companies. ... In two parts
Author: William LIVESEY (Writer on Railway Finance.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Two Letters on the Advantages of Railway Communication in Western India
Author: Thomas WilliamsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication and traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Railway Travel in World War Two
Author: Peter SteerPublisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399063219
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The popular image of railway travel during the Second World War is that of a sparse service of dirty and grossly overcrowded trains that were forever being delayed. The iconic ‘is your journey really necessary’ poster campaign is credited with discouraging the public from traveling by train. This book questions these assumptions and examines the mobility requirements of the British public during the war years and aligns these to the level of service provided by the railways. Throughout the war the railways were managed by the Railway Executive Committee (REC) whose members were all senior railway officers. The conflicts between the REC and the government in respect to controlling passenger numbers on the railway system, which was overcrowded with essential additional war related freight traffic, are examined; as are the propaganda campaigns aimed at restricting ‘unnecessary’ travel. The public’s response to the travel restrictions are analyzed to determine how railway passengers’ attitudes and reactions corresponded to the publicly accepted mythology. Many British citizens did reduce their railway journeys, but for others who had previously had little need to travel by train, the exigencies of war resulted in them having to make long and often difficult journeys by rail.
Author: W. MALINS
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