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- catalog abstract "Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. This 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. 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. 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.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b5731064.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The varieties of railroad antagonism -- "What is this railroad to do for us?" -- "California netted with iron tracks" -- A volcano at any moment : the Pullman strike in California -- The Los Angeles "free harbor fight" -- Pens as swords : fiction, nonfiction, and railroad opposition -- "Let us agitate and agitate" : progressives and the railroad -- Epilogue: Building an octopus.".
- catalog 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. This 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. 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. 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.--From publisher description.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 278 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520082141 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520205057 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog subject "385/.09794 20".
- catalog subject "HE2771.C2 D48 1994".
- catalog subject "Railroads California History.".
- catalog subject "Railroads Social aspects California History.".
- catalog subject "TF24.C3 D48 1993".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The varieties of railroad antagonism -- "What is this railroad to do for us?" -- "California netted with iron tracks" -- A volcano at any moment : the Pullman strike in California -- The Los Angeles "free harbor fight" -- Pens as swords : fiction, nonfiction, and railroad opposition -- "Let us agitate and agitate" : progressives and the railroad -- Epilogue: Building an octopus.".
- catalog title "Railroad crossing : Californians and the railroad, 1850-1910 / William Deverell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".