Book ID: CBB000700540

Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930 (2005)

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Orsi, Richard J. (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xxii + 615 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Bryant, Keith L., Jr. (2007) Review of "Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930". Technology and Culture (p. 213). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Christian Gelzer
Kerr, Ian J.
White, Richard W.
Treuherz, Julian
Seely, Bruce Edsall
Schwantes, Carlos Arnaldo
Concepts
Technology
Railroads
Land transportation
Technology and society
Technology and economics
Economics
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Western states (U.S.)
Southern states (U.S.)
Ohio (U.S.)
Scotland
Institutions
Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail)
United States. Army
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