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Getting there : the epic struggle between road and rail in the American century /

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Main Author: Goddard, Stephen B., 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1996]
Subjects and Genres:
1900-1999
Transportation, Automotive > United States > History > 20th century.
Automobiles > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Roads > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > United States > History > 20th century.
Transports routiers > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Routes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Social aspects.
Railroads.
Roads.
Transportation, Automotive.
United States.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • The first big business
  • The runaway iron horse
  • The good roads crusade
  • The electric shooting star
  • Motoring for profit: The birth of trucking
  • The Trojan horseless carriage
  • Derailing the trolleys
  • Applying the brakes
  • Hard times
  • A war abroad, a conflict at home
  • Interstate socialism
  • A new America
  • Trouble in paradise
  • The unshackling
  • Same game, new rules
  • Taking stock
  • Technology to the rescue?
  • Sinking or swimming in a global economy.

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