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Going places : transportation redefines the twentieth-century West
Going places : transportation redefines the twentieth-century West
Schwantes, Carlos A., 1945-
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xix, 419 p. : 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-409) and index
Transportation corridors transform the west -- When railroads ruled -- Copper connections and the last transcontinental railroad -- Roads stretching from farm to market, but seldom beyond -- The emergence of new corridors of power -- The twentieth-century transportation revolution -- The new overland route -- Hard choices for hard times -- Is this trip necessary? the impact of World War II -- Auto euphoria and other postwar enthusiasms -- The sky's the limit -- Reinventing the railroads
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