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• catalog abstract "In Passage to Union, Sarah Gordon has written a richly informed narrative history of the growth of the railroads, an American icon. But her conclusions are surprising. Where the railroads and their entrepreneurs are ordinarily celebrated for their accomplishments, Ms. Gordon finds that the cost of their achievements was high. Conflicts of interest - at local, state, and regional levels - characterized railroad growth at every stage. Despite the stated aims of government. And the railroad corporations to promote settlement and commerce, Ms. Gordon shows that the states lost control of these enterprises and lost the economic benefits of their traffic. Smaller towns withered as people and money flowed to larger cities. By 1900 the union that had emerged reflected the worst fears of railroad critics. The South and West had been settled, but wealth had flowed so heavily to the cities that rural life had lost its attraction. Passage to Union. Is compelling reading because Ms. Gordon has drawn from diaries, memoirs, literature, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, public records, and railroad history to construct her narrative. The impact of the railroads on people and their communities is powerfully illustrated in this absorbing story of apparent triumph and real loss.".
• catalog contributor b10061276.
• catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions.".
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1865-1918.".
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1918-1932.".
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
• catalog coverage "United States Social conditions.".
• catalog created "1996, c1997.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996, c1997.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996, c1997.".
• catalog description "And the railroad corporations to promote settlement and commerce, Ms. Gordon shows that the states lost control of these enterprises and lost the economic benefits of their traffic. Smaller towns withered as people and money flowed to larger cities. By 1900 the union that had emerged reflected the worst fears of railroad critics. The South and West had been settled, but wealth had flowed so heavily to the cities that rural life had lost its attraction. Passage to Union.".
• catalog description "In Passage to Union, Sarah Gordon has written a richly informed narrative history of the growth of the railroads, an American icon. But her conclusions are surprising. Where the railroads and their entrepreneurs are ordinarily celebrated for their accomplishments, Ms. Gordon finds that the cost of their achievements was high. Conflicts of interest - at local, state, and regional levels - characterized railroad growth at every stage. Despite the stated aims of government.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Is compelling reading because Ms. Gordon has drawn from diaries, memoirs, literature, advertisements, newspapers and magazines, public records, and railroad history to construct her narrative. The impact of the railroads on people and their communities is powerfully illustrated in this absorbing story of apparent triumph and real loss.".
• catalog description "Part 1: Union through expansion, 1829-1861. E Pluribus Union ; The lay of the land ; Leaving home for the West ; The hometowns left behind ; The legal conflict between railroad and government ; A force for good or evil? ; A crowded and uncomfortable home away from home ; Private and public unions ; Union through competition ; The state of the union ; Where is this train going? -- Part 2: From local control to national purpose, 1861-1890. The South leaves but returns ; Now we can settle the Far West ; Poor relations in the South ; The traveling public and its servants ; The law tries to catch up ; Why bigger towns get better service ; City slicker and country bumpkin ; Private property in public places ; From union to uniformity ; Thomas Cooley and the ghost of William Seward -- Part 3: An urban and commercial union, 1890-1929. Cities first and foremost ; It's too crowded here ; Plans, power, and population ; Touring the West and the South ; Hometowns and nostalgia ; Lost hometowns, lost lives ; No service without profit ; Looking backward.".
• catalog extent "xii, 403 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Passage to Union.".
• catalog identifier "1566631386 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Passage to Union.".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996, c1997.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,".
• catalog relation "Passage to Union.".
• catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1865-1918.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1918-1932.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions To 1865.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social conditions.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "385/.0973 20".
• catalog subject "HE2751 .G64 1996".
• catalog subject "HE2751 .G64 1997".
• catalog subject "Railroads United States History.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part 1: Union through expansion, 1829-1861. E Pluribus Union ; The lay of the land ; Leaving home for the West ; The hometowns left behind ; The legal conflict between railroad and government ; A force for good or evil? ; A crowded and uncomfortable home away from home ; Private and public unions ; Union through competition ; The state of the union ; Where is this train going? -- Part 2: From local control to national purpose, 1861-1890. The South leaves but returns ; Now we can settle the Far West ; Poor relations in the South ; The traveling public and its servants ; The law tries to catch up ; Why bigger towns get better service ; City slicker and country bumpkin ; Private property in public places ; From union to uniformity ; Thomas Cooley and the ghost of William Seward -- Part 3: An urban and commercial union, 1890-1929. Cities first and foremost ; It's too crowded here ; Plans, power, and population ; Touring the West and the South ; Hometowns and nostalgia ; Lost hometowns, lost lives ; No service without profit ; Looking backward.".
• catalog title "Passage to Union : how the railroads transformed American life, 1829-1929 / Sarah H. Gordon.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".