Unfinished Business: The Railroad in American Life - Softcover

Klein, Maury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874516919 ISBN 13: 9780874516913

Publisher: University Press of New England, 1994

Synopsis

"Sooner or later every age finds a symbol which best expresses the essence of its character to later generations," writes Maury Klein, who has spent nearly three decades tracing the evolution and impact of the American railroad industry. "The coming of the railroad swept all rival forms of land transportation from its path . . . Within half a century, the rail system became the lifeline of an industrial society, a network of steel tentacles pushing into every corner of the Republic." Unfinished Business combines Klein's most influential articles with new essays to tell the story of America's developing railroad industry and the men who dominated it.

About this title

From the Publisher:

6 x 9 trim. 21 illus. 6 tables. Map. LC 93-8112

About the Author:

Maury Klein is Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island, and author Union Pacific (1990) and other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of New England
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0874516919
• ISBN 13: 9780874516913
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248