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Frontmatter

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. One. “Bind the Republic Together”: Canals, Railroads, and the Paradox of American Progress 1
  6. Two. “A Wretched and Miserable Condition”: Irish Ditchdiggers, the Triumph of Progress, and the Contest of Canal Communities in the Hoosier State 16
  7. Three. “Abuse of the Labour and Lives of Men”: Irish Construction Workers and the Violence of Progress on the Illinois Transportation Frontier 57
  8. Four. “Hell (and Heaven) on Wheels”: Mormons, Immigrants, and the Reconstruction of American Progress and Masculinity on the Transcontinental Railroad 107
  9. Five. “The Greatest Monument of Human Labor”: Chinese Immigrants, the Landscape of Progress, and the Work of Building and Celebrating the Transcontinental Railroad 151
  10. Six. End-of-Track: Reflections on the History of Immigrant Labor and American Progress 188
  11. Notes 203
  12. Bibliography 251
  13. Index 277
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. One. “Bind the Republic Together”: Canals, Railroads, and the Paradox of American Progress 1
  6. Two. “A Wretched and Miserable Condition”: Irish Ditchdiggers, the Triumph of Progress, and the Contest of Canal Communities in the Hoosier State 16
  7. Three. “Abuse of the Labour and Lives of Men”: Irish Construction Workers and the Violence of Progress on the Illinois Transportation Frontier 57
  8. Four. “Hell (and Heaven) on Wheels”: Mormons, Immigrants, and the Reconstruction of American Progress and Masculinity on the Transcontinental Railroad 107
  9. Five. “The Greatest Monument of Human Labor”: Chinese Immigrants, the Landscape of Progress, and the Work of Building and Celebrating the Transcontinental Railroad 151
  10. Six. End-of-Track: Reflections on the History of Immigrant Labor and American Progress 188
  11. Notes 203
  12. Bibliography 251
  13. Index 277
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