1862-1893 [[electronic resource] /] / Maury Klein
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| Autore: |
Klein Maury <1939->
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| Titolo: |
1862-1893 [[electronic resource] /] / Maury Klein
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (820 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 385/.06578 |
| Soggetto topico: | History |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1987. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Railroad Reference Key; Map; Prologue: The Monument, 1965; Part One: The Challenge, 1862-1869; Part Two: The Quest for Respectability, 1869-1884; Part Three: The Road to Hell, 1884-1893; Source Reference Key; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Maury Klein, America's foremost railroad historian, re-creates the powerful personalities and dramatic events that led to the construction of the Union Pacific. With over one hundred historic photographs and maps, Union Pacific details the feat of engineering and human strength and also the wheelings and dealings that were waged as dreamers and scoundrels, politicians and patriots forged a pioneering enterprise in transportation. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | 1862-1893 |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-9663-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451365903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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