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Men, Cities and Transportation : A Study in New England History, 1820–1900. Volume I, Men, Cities and Transportation: A Study in New England History, 1820-1900, Volume I / Edward Chase Kirkland.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Economic History ; 9Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©1948Edition: Reprint 2014Description: 1 online resource (528 p.) : 23 illustrations; 7 mapsContent type:
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  • 9780674368927
  • 9780674368934
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  • 385 23
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. NEW ENGLAND'S DOMESTIC MERCHANT MARINE -- II. HIGHWAYS AND THEIR HERITAGE -- III. IMPROVED WATERWAYS AND CANALS -- IV. "THE RAILROAD SCHEME" -- V. THE FIRST TRANSECTIONAL RAILROAD -- VI. Α ROUTE TO THE LAKES -- VII. PORTLAND: RIVAL OR SATELLITE -- VIII. NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS -- IX. REGULATION: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- X. THE RAILROAD CRISIS -- XI. THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD -- XII. “THE GREAT BORE” -- XIII. THE FAILURE OF A ROUTE -- XIV. MAINE’S EXPERIMENT WITH GOVERNMENT AID -- XV. BOSTON’S RATES WITH THE WEST
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. NEW ENGLAND'S DOMESTIC MERCHANT MARINE -- II. HIGHWAYS AND THEIR HERITAGE -- III. IMPROVED WATERWAYS AND CANALS -- IV. "THE RAILROAD SCHEME" -- V. THE FIRST TRANSECTIONAL RAILROAD -- VI. Α ROUTE TO THE LAKES -- VII. PORTLAND: RIVAL OR SATELLITE -- VIII. NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS -- IX. REGULATION: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE -- X. THE RAILROAD CRISIS -- XI. THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD -- XII. “THE GREAT BORE” -- XIII. THE FAILURE OF A ROUTE -- XIV. MAINE’S EXPERIMENT WITH GOVERNMENT AID -- XV. BOSTON’S RATES WITH THE WEST

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In English.

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