Railroad Crossing - Californians and the Railroad, 1850-1910

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List of contents

Acknowledgments 
INTRODUCTION: THE VARIETIES OF RAILROAD ANTAGONISM 

1 "WHAT IS THIS RAILROAD TO DO FOR US?" 
2 "CALIFORNIA NETTED WITH IRON TRACKS" 
3 A VOLCANO AT ANY MOMENT: THE PULLMAN STRIKE IN CALU'ORNIA 
4 THE LOS ANGELES "FREE HARBOR FIGHT" 
5 PENS AS SWORDS: FICTION, NONFICTION, AND RAILROAD OPPOSITION 
6 "LET US AGITATE AND AGITATE": PROGRESSIVES AND THE RAILROAD 
EPILOGUE: BUILDING AN OCTOPUS 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
Illustrations

About the author

William Deverell is Professor of History at the University of Southern California and Director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. He is the coeditor of California Progressivism Revisited (California, 1994) and coeditor of Metropolis in the Making: Los Angeles in the 1920s (California, 2001).

Summary

Nothing so changed nineteenth-century America as did the railroad. Growing up together, the iron horse and the young nation developed a fast friendship. This book presents the story of what happened to that friendship, particularly in California.

Product details

• Authors: William Deverell, William F Deverell, William F. Deverell
• Assisted by: William F. Deverell (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.03.1996
• EAN: 9780520205055
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20505-5
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Transport industries, History of the Americas, Railway transport industries