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Autore: | Hofsommer Donovan L |
Titolo: | Minneapolis and the age of railways [[electronic resource] /] / Don L. Hofsommer |
Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press |
[Bristol, : University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2005 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina: | 385.0977657909034 |
Soggetto topico: | Railroads - Minnesota - Minneapolis - History |
Soggetto geografico: | Minneapolis (Minn.) History |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Steamcars at last -- Late to the party -- Of champagne and panic -- The St. Louis road -- Pulling and hauling -- Optimism and realism -- New players -- Dancing with the giants -- Falling rates and encroachment -- Adrift -- Three cents per mile -- Rumors and reality -- Shifting winds -- The struggling giant -- Mixed blessings -- An uncertain future. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In Minneapolis and the Age of Railways, Don L. Hofsommer presents Minneapolis from the 1860's into the 1950's, when railroads served as a unique link between city and countryside. Illustrated with more than 200 period photographs and maps, this remarkable book reflects a time when the locomotive dominated the landscape and set the tempo for the nation-the age of railways. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Minneapolis and the age of railways |
ISBN: | 0-8166-9685-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451639203321 |
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