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Author : Carl Russell Fish
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Restoration of the Southern Railroads written by Carl Russell Fish and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Russell Fish
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Download or read book The Restoration of the Southern Railroads written by Carl Russell Fish and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carl Russell Fish
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The restoration of the southern railroads, by Carl Russell Fish written by Carl Russell Fish and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William G. Thomas
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300171684
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Iron Way written by William G. Thomas and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How railroads both united and divided us: “Integrates military and social history…a must-read for students, scholars and enthusiasts alike.”—Civil War Monitor Beginning with Frederick Douglass’s escape from slavery in 1838 on the railroad, and ending with the driving of the golden spike to link the transcontinental railroad in 1869, this book charts a critical period of American expansion and national formation, one largely dominated by the dynamic growth of railroads and telegraphs. William G. Thomas brings new evidence to bear on railroads, the Confederate South, slavery, and the Civil War era, based on groundbreaking research in digitized sources never available before. The Iron Way revises our ideas about the emergence of modern America and the role of the railroads in shaping the sectional conflict. Both the North and the South invested in railroads to serve their larger purposes, Thomas contends. Though railroads are often cited as a major factor in the Union’s victory, he shows that they were also essential to the formation of “the South” as a unified region. He discusses the many—and sometimes unexpected—effects of railroad expansion, and proposes that America’s great railroads became an important symbolic touchstone for the nation’s vision of itself. “In this provocative and deeply researched book, William G. Thomas follows the railroad into virtually every aspect of Civil War history, showing how it influenced everything from slavery’s antebellum expansion to emancipation and segregation—from guerrilla warfare to grand strategy. At every step, Thomas challenges old assumptions and finds new connections on this much-traveled historical landscape."—T.J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Author : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807848036
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Iron Confederacies written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During Reconstruction, an alliance of southern planters and northern capitalists rebuilt the southern railway system using remnants of the Confederate railroads that had been built and destroyed during the Civil War. In the process of linking Virginia, th
Author : C. Pat Cates
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439629889
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book The Southern Railway: Further Recollections written by C. Pat Cates and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following on the heels of Images of Rail: The Southern Railway, this volume takes a more detailed look at a historic railroad that has served the South for over 100 years and continues to serve as the Norfolk Southern Railway. Included in these pages are stories of bravery in war and ingenuity in peace. From 1942 to 1945, the 727th Railway Operating Battalion'sponsored by the Southern Railway'served in North Africa and up the spine of Italy into Germany. The courageous unit received a citation from Gen. George S. Patton for its involvement in the Sicily Campaign.
Author : Duane Galloway
Publisher : TLC Publishing (VA)
ISBN 13 : 9781883089238
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Southern Railway's Spencer Shops written by Duane Galloway and published by TLC Publishing (VA). This book was released on 1998-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curt Tillotson, Jr. takes a close and personal look at the Southern Railway through his own photography in the period 1960-1982, with some photos from others going back to about 1950. He treats every class of diesel owned by the Southern from beginning to end. Some "roster" or "portrait" type photos are included but the bulk of the book comprises superb action photography with the locomotives and trains in a variety of settings. His extended captions capture the feel of the era of transition. Anyone interested in railroads of the Southeastern United States will be interested in this volume. Southern Railway hasn't been as well covered by books as some lines, but this book seeks to fill that gap in many ways, in the era of dieselization.
Author : R. Scott Huffard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781469652801
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (528 download)
Download or read book Engines of Redemption written by R. Scott Huffard and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After the upheavals of the Civil War and Reconstruction shattered the plantation economy of the Old South, white southerners turned to the railroad to reconstruct capitalism in the region. Engines of redemption examines the rapid growth, systemization, and consolidation of the southern railroad network in the decades after the Civil War. White elites and boosters used the symbolic power of the railroad to proclaim that a New South had risen and the Civil War was in the past. The railroad was more than just the economic engine of growth; it served as a powerful symbol of capitalism's advance. However, the railroad also introduced new dangers and anxieties into southern life, and white southerners came to fear an upending of the racial order, epidemics of yellow fever, train wrecks, violent train robbers, and domination by monopolistic corporations. To complete the reconstruction of capitalism, railroad corporations and their booster allies had to sever the negative aspects of railroading from capitalism's powers and deny the railroad's transformative powers to black southerners. The New South's experience with the growing railroad network provides valuable insights into the history of capitalism, and into how capitalism evolves, expands, and overcomes resistance" --
Author : Fairfax Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Legal Development of the Railroad System of Southern Railway Company written by Fairfax Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Stover
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Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Railroads of the South, 1865-1900 written by John F. Stover and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the struggle for power from which emerged the modern railroad network, the southern railroads, which had originally been locally financed, came largely under the influence or control of northern financiers and institutions. The focus of this book is on that aspect of southern railroad development, but in a larger sense it is the story of the creation of one of the most important components of the New South. Originally published in 1955. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : Aaron W. Marrs
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801898455
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Railroads in the Old South written by Aaron W. Marrs and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original history of the railroad in the Old South that challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America. Drawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Aaron W. Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. Far from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners’ pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. “The time is right to bring the South into the story of the economic transformation of antebellum America. Aaron Marrs does this with force and grace in Railroads in the Old South.” —John L. Larson, Purdue University “I am hard pressed to think of another volume that better catches the overall effect railroads had on the Old South.” —Kenneth W. Noe, Auburn University “Interesting regional history . . . It is a thoughtful and instructive study that examines not only the pervasiveness of transportation but also some of the social, political, and economic consequences associated with the evolution of southern railroads.” —Choice
Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Southern Railroads
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Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Southern Railroads. February 7, 1868. -- Ordered to be Printed, and Recommitted to the Select Committee on Southern Railroads written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Southern Railroads and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert G. Angevine
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804742399
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (423 download)
Download or read book The Railroad and the State written by Robert G. Angevine and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complex and changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century.
Author : United States
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Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book In the Matter of Southern Railroads written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Burke Davis
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Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Southern Railway written by Burke Davis and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Davis traces railroad development in the South by a cast of remarkable entrepreneurs and the subsequent creation of the Southern Railway's network from the ruins of those early enterprises. This is also a full account of the many innovations wrought by the Southern's leaders: the first major railroad to convert to diesel power; a pioneer in mechanized maintenance of right-of-way; the use of gigantic box cars to carry bulky cargo; and the operation of coal trains in continuous shuttle. Originally published in 1985. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author : Maury Klein
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9780874516913
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Unfinished Business written by Maury Klein and published by UPNE. This book was released on 1994-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively survey of the railroad industry by the field's leading historian.
Author : Thomas George Ziek Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782899480
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book The Effects Of Southern Railroads On Interior Lines During The Civil War written by Thomas George Ziek Jr. and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of the Southern railroad system on interior lines during the Civil War and determine whether or not the South enjoyed the advantage of interior lines. The use of railroads during this conflict placed an enormous physical strain upon the limited industrial resources of the Confederacy, and a great strain upon the intellectual agility of the Confederate High Command. Based upon the evidence studied, and the time-space comparisons of both Northern and Southern railway operations, several conclusions can be drawn: the South entered the war with a rail system that was unable to meet the demands of modern war; the Confederate leadership understood the importance of the railroad and its importance to strategic operations early in the war, but were unwilling to adopt a course of action that best utilized their scarce assets; Southern railroad speeds decreased dramatically by 1863 due to the inability of Southern railroads owners to perform needed maintenance on their railroad equipment; tactical reverses on the field of battle, especially the losses of both Corinth in May of 1862 and Knoxville in September of 1863 increased the distances that re-enforcements would have to travel to fight a mobile intra-theater war; Union control, maintenance, and organization of its railway assets ensured that it would be able to move large numbers of troops at the strategic level efficiently from early 1863 to the end of the war. Based on these conclusions, the Confederacy lost the ability to shift troops on the strategic level more rapidly than the Union by 1863. This was a result of its physically weakened railroad system and military setbacks which caused Southern railroads to move forces over longer distances.
