Description
This original, deeply researched history shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here. Instead we have a new vision of the Gilded Age, often darkly funny, that shows history to be rooted in failure as well as success.
Author: Richard White
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/23/2012
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780393342376
ISBN10: 0393342379
BISAC Categories:
- Transportation | Railroads | History
- History | United States | 19th Century