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Trade Review
Well-researched, and very readable overview of the relationship between trains and telegraphs in the United States. It overturns a narrative of a seamless complementarity between the two, highlighting the endless tensions and great variability in usage.
—Tomas Nonnenmacher, Allegheny College, EH.Net

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Rights-of-Way
Chapter 2. Dangerous Expedient
Chapter 3. At War with Time and Space
Chapter 4. The American System
Chapter 5. The Struggle for Standards
Chapter 6. Telegraphers and Regulators
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 01/10/2019
      ISBN13: 9781421429748, 978-1421429748
      ISBN10: 1421429748
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      Trains and railways: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Well-researched, and very readable overview of the relationship between trains and telegraphs in the United States. It overturns a narrative of a seamless complementarity between the two, highlighting the endless tensions and great variability in usage.
      —Tomas Nonnenmacher, Allegheny College, EH.Net

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      Chapter 1. Rights-of-Way
      Chapter 2. Dangerous Expedient
      Chapter 3. At War with Time and Space
      Chapter 4. The American System
      Chapter 5. The Struggle for Standards
      Chapter 6. Telegraphers and Regulators
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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