Author: Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley RailwayPublisher:
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Category : Greensboro (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway
Author: Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley RailwayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greensboro (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Railway Economics
Author: Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway EconomicsPublisher: Chicago, University Press [1912]
ISBN:
Category : Cataloging, Cooperative
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Deep River Coalfield
Author: James H. ChapmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476629021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
The region along Deep River in central North Carolina once boasted a small but significant coal mining industry that from the early 1800s to the end of the 20th century provided fuel for manufacturing and domestic use. Confronted by natural obstacles and other challenges--including a devastating explosion in 1925 that killed 53 men and boys--entrepreneurs made numerous attempts (some successful, some not) to harness the power of coal in a state still defining itself in a modernizing nation. Iron forges and hearths required ample supplies of coal to meet local demand, and the Deep River deposits provided them when no others existed.
Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Bibliographical contributions
Author: Engines of Redemption
Author: R. Scott Huffard Jr.Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146965282X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Examining the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern railroad network, R. Scott Huffard Jr. demonstrates how economic and political elites used the symbolic power of the railroad to proclaim a New South had risen. The railroad was more than just an economic engine of growth; it was a powerful symbol of capitalism's advance. However, as the railroad spread across the region, it also introduced new dangers and anxieties. White southerners came to fear the railroad would speed an upending of the racial order, epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent robberies, and domination by corporate monopolies. To complete the reconstruction of capitalism, railroad corporations and their allies had to sever the negative aspects of railroading from capitalism's powers and deny the railroad's transformative powers to black southerners. This study of the New South's experience with the growing railroad network provides valuable insights into the history of capitalism--how it evolves, expands, and overcomes resistance.
Bulletin of More Important Accessions with Bibliographical Contributions
Author: Justin WinsorBibliographical Contributions
Author: Harvard University. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Orators and Poets of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts
Author: William Hopkins TillinghastPublisher:
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Category : Phi Beta Kappa addresses
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Bulletin - North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey
Author: North Carolina Geological and Economic SurveyPublisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description