Steam City - Railroads, Urban Space, Corporate Capitalism in Nineteenth Century

"David Schley crafts a fresh history not just of capitalism in Baltimore but of industrial capitalism itself, attending to the impacts of railroad development on the politics, geography, and image of cities, in a time when railroads were considered public-spirited undertakings. The inherent tensions-between private and public, profit and public good, image and function- were numerous and profound. By the time the railroad was implanted in the landscape, it had become the very embodiment of blind, grasping, confining capitalism. The iron cage is made of iron rails, and the iron rails define the streets, which confine the people"--

About the author

David Schley is assistant professor in the Department of History at Hong Kong Baptist University.

Product details

• Authors: David Schley
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780226720258
• ISBN: 978-0-226-72025-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Historical Studies of Urban America; Historical Studies of Urban Am; Historical Studies of Urban America (CHUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Baltimore, Maryland, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of engineering and technology, Transport industries, History of engineering & technology, History of the Americas, Trains & railways: general interest, Trains and railways: general interest