Title The iron way : railroads, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / William G. Thomas

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Prologue -- Part I: Tools. Slavery, the South, and "every bar of railroad iron" ; Railroads, the North, and "the velocity of progress" -- Part II: Leviathan. Secession and a modern war ; Fighting the Confederate landscapes ; The railroad war zones ; The Confederate nation "cut off from the world" ; The railroad strategy -- Part III: Vortex. After emancipation -- Epilogue : The road to Promontory Summit -- Appendix : Tables Summary "Beginning with Frederick Douglass's escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union's victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of "the South" as a unified region. He discusses the many--and sometimes unexpected--effects of railroad expansion and proposes that America's great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation's vision of itself. Please visit the Railroads and the Making of Modern America website at http://railroads.unl.edu"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Confederate States of America. Army -- Transportation. United States. Army -- Transportation -- History -- 19th century SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army fast United States. Army fast Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Confederate States of America. Army -- Transportation. nli United States. Army -- Transportation -- History -- 19th century. nli Confederate States of America. Army -- Transportation. sears United States. Army -- Transportation -- History. sears Subject Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History Transportation -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Armed Forces -- Transportation Railroads Territorial expansion Transportation Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865 Eisenbahn Eisenbahn. Expansion. Kriegführung. Sezessionskrieg. Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History. Railroads -- United States -- History. Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History. SUBJECT United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America USA. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation. United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century. United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War -- Transportation. United States -- Territorial expansion -- History. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011020608 ISBN 9780300171686 0300171684

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