Volume I Men, Cities and Transportation: A Study in New England History, 1820-1900, Volume I: A Study in New England History, 1820–1900

Edward Chase Kirkland

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Volume I Men, Cities and Transportation: A Study in New England History, 1820-1900, Volume I

Edward Chase Kirkland

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Men, Cities and Transportation

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1948

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Volume 9 | Studies in Economic History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ILLUSTRATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
I. NEW ENGLAND'S DOMESTIC MERCHANT MARINE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. HIGHWAYS AND THEIR HERITAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
III. IMPROVED WATERWAYS AND CANALS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
IV. "THE RAILROAD SCHEME" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
V. THE FIRST TRANSECTIONAL RAILROAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
VI. Α ROUTE TO THE LAKES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
VII. PORTLAND: RIVAL OR SATELLITE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
VIII. NEW YORK CITY AND THE NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
IX. REGULATION: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
X. THE RAILROAD CRISIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
XI. THE BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	362
XII. “THE GREAT BORE” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
XIII. THE FAILURE OF A ROUTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	433
XIV. MAINE’S EXPERIMENT WITH GOVERNMENT AID Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	466
XV. BOSTON’S RATES WITH THE WEST Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	494

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eBook published on:

October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674368934

Hardcover published on:

February 5, 1948

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674368927

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Reprint 2014

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Front matter:

16

Main content:

528

Illustrations:

23

Other:

23 illustrations; 7 maps

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674368934

eBook ISBN: 9780674368934

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674368927

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Transportation -- New England.; Railroads -- New England.

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Professional and scholarly;

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Volume I Men, Cities and Transportation: A Study in New England History, 1820-1900, Volume I

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