H. Roger Grant

Transportation and the American People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Grant provides a compelling and thoroughly researched narrative of the social history of travel, shining a light on the role of transportation in shaping the country and on the people who helped build it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 942g
• ISBN-13: 9780253043306
• ISBN-10: 0253043301
• Artikelnr.: 54150012

Autorenporträt

H. Roger Grant is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University. He is author of numerous books, including Visionary Railroader, John W. Barriger III, Railroaders without Borders, and Railroads and the American People.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Steady but Uncomfortable: Stagecoaches and the American People
2. Waterways and the American People
3. Slow and Steady: Canals and the American People
4. Railways and the American People
5. Buses and the American People
6. Airplanes and the American People
Index