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This Is What We Had
2021
Overview
By about 1840, American railroads had stopped being a curiosity and were an accepted means of transportation. Explosive growth of the system east of the Mississippi in the two decades preceding the Civil War made railroads an essential component of economic life. The Union’s railroads helped to defeat the Confederacy, but in the period to century’s end, the South also participated vigorously in the expansion of the national network from coast to coast and border to border. It was a time when the railroad both connected and created communities and dominated as an economic and social force. Through efficient transportation
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN
9780253060631, 025306063X
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