Railroads for Michigan (signed)

Meints, Graydon M.

ISBN 10: 1611860857 / ISBN 13: 9781611860856

Published by Michigan State University Press, 2013

About this Item

523 pp, 11-in tall, index and bibliography, many illustrations. Author's personalized inscription on title page. The arrival and development of railroads in Michigan. Publisher's gilt label affixed to dust jacket, showing this title to be a State History Award winner. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 005127

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Railroads for Michigan (signed)
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611860857
• ISBN 13: 9781611860856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: first printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transportation

About this title

Synopsis

In this thoroughly researched history, Graydon Meints tells the fascinating story of the railroad’s arrival and development in Michigan. An engaging and accessible text, the book describes the long-awaited and often-troubled advent of the railroad in the state, the building of which shifted from private to public efforts and back again, amid tumultuous social, business, and political developments. The railroad would come to play a role in almost every critical event in Michigan’s history, including the Civil War, the Granger Movement, and the Gilded Age, before beginning to wane following the arrival of the automobile, the Interstate Commerce Commission, World War I, and the Great Depression. A brief growth spurt during World War II was short-lived, and it was followed by the collapse of several major railroads and the formation of Amtrak and Conrail. Looking ahead to the future of the railroad in the Great Lakes region, Meints assesses the strengths and shortcomings of this revolutionary invention. With careful attention to the personal impact of the railroad, Meints recognizes in brief biographies the many men and women responsible for the development and operation of Michigan railroads, as well as the triumphs, tragedies, and spaces that shaped their lives and work.

About the Author

GRAYDON M. MEINTS has published a number of acclaimed railroad histories, including Michigan Railroads & Railroad Companies, Michigan Railroad Lines, and Railroads for Michigan. He is a winner of a Historical Society of Michigan State History Award.