Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965

by Mark Aldrich

Book Overview

For most of the 19th and much of the 20th centuries, railroads dominated American transportation. They transformed life and captured the imagination. Yet by 1907 railroads had also become the largest cause of violent death in the country, that year claiming the lives of nearly twelve thousand passengers, workers, and others. In Death Rode the Rails Mark Aldrich explores the evolution of railroad safety in the United States by examining a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801894026
• ISBN13: 9780801894022
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.8"