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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

By Richard White
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$24.99
By Richard White
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize


"A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations." —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book Review

The transcontinental railroads were the first corporate behemoths. Their attempts to generate profits from proliferating debt sparked devastating economic panics. Their dependence on public largesse drew them into the corridors of power, initiating new forms of corruption. Their operations rearranged space and time, remade the landscape of the We...

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