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An account of the rise, decline and rebirth of railroads in the USA, tracing their history from their beginnings to the modern revitalized industry of the 1990s. This survey describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, their part in the Civil War and the two World Wars, and their later decline.

American Railroads

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 22/12/1997
      ISBN13: 9780226776583, 978-0226776583
      ISBN10: 0226776581
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      Transport industries History of engineering and technology

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      Book Synopsis
      An account of the rise, decline and rebirth of railroads in the USA, tracing their history from their beginnings to the modern revitalized industry of the 1990s. This survey describes the growth of the railroads' monopoly, their part in the Civil War and the two World Wars, and their later decline.

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