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Railroads in the Old South
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Aaron W. Marrs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-10 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Aaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the rail
Railroads in the Old South
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Aaron W. Marrs
Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-13 - Publisher: JHU Press

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An original history of the railroad in the Old South that challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America. Drawing
The Iron Way
Language: en
Pages: 455
Authors: William G. Thomas
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-25 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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How railroads both united and divided us: “Integrates military and social history…a must-read for students, scholars and enthusiasts alike.”—Civil War M
The Railroads of the Confederacy
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Robert C. Black III
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-25 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Originally published by UNC Press in 1952, The Railroads of the Confederacy tells the story of the first use of railroads on a major scale in a major war. Rober
Iron Confederacies
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Scott Reynolds Nelson
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-10-12 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads