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13 produkter
Crossroads of a Continent
Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921
Av Peter A. Hansen, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
639 kr
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Crossroads of a Continent: Missouri Railroads, 1851-1921 tells the story of the state's railroads and their vital role in American history. Missouri and St. Louis, its largest city, are strategically located within the American Heartland. On July 4, 1851, when the Pacific Railroad of Missouri began …
Electric Indiana
The Rise and Fall of the World's Greatest Interurban Railway Center, 1893–1941
Inbunden, 2023
467 kr
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In the early twentieth century, an epic battle was waged across America between the interurban railway and the automobile, two technologies that arose at roughly the same time in the late 1890s. Nowhere was this conflict more evident than in the Midwest, and specifically Indiana, where cities of …
Railroad Nation
The Art of Selling America, 1825–1925
Inbunden, 2025
524 kr
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From passenger tickets, wall calendars, and advertising posters to train orders and bills of lading, railroads have left a colorful paper trail across America. In Railroad Nation, historian Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes examines a fascinating array of these materials, showcasing the railroad industry's …
Missouri Railroads
A Modern Crossroads 1921-2023
Av Don L. Hofsommer, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Inbunden, 2025
605 kr
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Missouri Railroads: A Modern Crossroads 1921-2023 delves into the rich history of Missouri's railroads during their second century. From the roaring 1920s, when opulent "Limited" passenger trains crisscrossed the state, to the tumultuous times of the Great Depression and World War II, this book …
Railroads in the Midwest
An Epic History
Av H. Roger Grant, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Inbunden, 2025
1042 kr
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Discover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the …
Railroads in the Midwest
An Epic History
Av H. Roger Grant, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Häftad, 2025
381 kr
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Discover how railroad companies in America's heartland developed a monumental network that spanned nearly 70,000 route miles. Over a century, a wide array of carriers ranging from short lines to trunk roads spread through the Midwest and represented over 35% of the country's rail mileage in the …
Going Places
Transportation Redefines the Twentieth-Century West
Inbunden, 2003
500 kr
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It seems difficult even to imagine the modern West without reference to its planes, trains, and automobiles. Freeways define modern Los Angeles, as Route 66 still recalls the freedom of the open road. Seattle, long home to Boeing, gave birth to jetliners such as the 707. And once trains with …
Radical Heritage
Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917
E-bok, 2016
1832 kr
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Historian Carlos A. Schwantes studies the forces that shaped the history of the labor movement on either side of the forty-ninth parallel and the reason for the eventual demise of the socialist movement in Washington State and its continuing vigor in British Columbia.
Radical Heritage
Labor, Socialism, and Reform in Washington and British Columbia, 1885-1917
Inbunden, 1979
1819 kr
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Historian Carlos A. Schwantes studies the forces that shaped the history of the labor movement on either side of the forty-ninth parallel and the reason for the eventual demise of the socialist movement in Washington State and its continuing vigor in British Columbia.
Experiences in a Promised Land
Essays in Pacific Northwest History
Av G. Thomas Edwards, Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes
Häftad, 1986
514 kr
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The Pacific Northwest, like many other regions of the United States, has been touted as the Promised Land. As early as the 1830s, “Oregon fever” brought missionaries, promoters, speculators, politicians, and settlers to the nation’s far West. Spared the ravages of the Civil War and the scars of …
Long Day's Journey
The Steamboat and Stagecoach Era in the Northern West
Inbunden, 1999
1050 kr
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In Long Day’s Journey Carlos Schwantes gathers historical photographs, advertisements, posters, and contemporary accounts to recreate one of the most colorful periods in the American West. He traces the rapidly evolving saga of miners and settlers struggling to get from here to there in the days …
Pacific Northwest
An Interpretive History (Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Häftad, 1996
338 kr
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Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes has revised and expanded the entire work, which is still the most comprehensive and balanced history of the region. This edition contains significant additional material on early mining in the Pacific Northwest, sea routes to Oregon in the early discovery and contact …
In Mountain Shadows
A History of Idaho
Häftad, 1991
453 kr
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Idaho is now seen as one of the most intriguing and attractive states in the Union. Any view of the Gem State is likely to be broadened and deepened by this superbly written history of it, In Mountain Shadows. Carlos A. Schwantes illustrates the extent to which Idahoans have always been divided by …
