Author : Union Pacific Railroad Company (1862-1880)
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 1867
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 14,99 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Pacific railroads
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Author : Union Pacific Railroad Comp (1862-1880)
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,2 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781318682133
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Author : Union Pacific Railroad Company
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 1867
Category : Railroads
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Author : Association of American Railroads. Bureau of Railway Economics. Library
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Page : 632 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Railroads
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Author : David Haward Bain
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1432 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1101658045
After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively doubled in size, fought three wars, and began to discover a new national identity. From self--made entrepreneurs such as the Union Pacific's Thomas Durant and era--defining figures such as President Lincoln to the thousands of laborers whose backbreaking work made the railroad possible, this extraordinary narrative summons an astonishing array of voices to give new dimension not only to this epic endeavor but also to the culture, political struggles, and social conflicts of an unforgettable period in American history.
Author : Glenn Willumson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2013-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0520270940
The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865Ð1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the countryÕs two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of imagesÑand especially the photographÑthat the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographsÕ different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture.
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Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Libraries
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Author : University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Libraries
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Kevin Riordan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 32,36 MB
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3030962415
This book shows how Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days changed the global imagination. Through his novel, the world was converted into a personal itinerary, scaled to the individual traveller and, by extension, to the individual reader. Exploring Verne’s modern legacy, this study shows how subsequent generations of artists and writers took on Around the World in Eighty Days as an adaptable guidebook to the modern world. It investigates how Verne’s work leads its reader beyond the book itself. It considers Verne’s place in world literature, traces some of the many real reenactments of Verne’s itinerary, and recalls the theatrical adaptations of Verne’s story. Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the first circumnavigation and the 150th anniversary of Verne’s novel, this book offers new insights into the largely overlooked influence of Verne on twentieth-century literature and culture and on the field of global modernism.
