The American Transportation Revolution: A Social and Cultural History
Aaron W. Marrs, "The American Transportation Revolution: A Social and Cultural History"
English | ISBN: 1421448491 | 2024 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1421448491 | 2024 | 280 pages | PDF | 5 MB
A history of steamboats and railroads in the United States prior to the Civil War.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. Steamboats and railroads turned long-distance travel from an arduous undertaking into a regularized commodity: travel became something that people could purchase. Historians have long understood the economic and political ramifications of improved travel, but the social and cultural dimensions of early steam transit are less studied. In The American Transportation Revolution, Aaron W. Marrs explores the cultural influence of steamboats and railroads, which fascinated Americans across the country.
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