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Tells the story of the US government's role in developing a national rail system - and the rail system's role in expanding the power of the federal government. The book reveals how state building, so often attributed to an aggressive national government, can also result from local governments making demands on the national state-a dynamic that can still be seen at work.

Railroads and American Political Development

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      Publisher MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas
      Published 9 September 2016
      ISBN-13 9780700623006
      978-0700623006
      ISBN-10 0700623000
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      Regional, state and other local government Trains and railways: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tells the story of the US government's role in developing a national rail system - and the rail system's role in expanding the power of the federal government. The book reveals how state building, so often attributed to an aggressive national government, can also result from local governments making demands on the national state-a dynamic that can still be seen at work.

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