The North American Railroad: Its Origin, Evolution, and Geography (Creating the North American Landscape)

by James E. Vance Jr.

Book Overview

This work offers an account of where and why rail lines were built in various regions and at different times across the North American continent. It tells why the United States and Canada developed distinctive forms of rail technology surprisingly different from those of Britain, where railroading originated, and explains how these developments convey with particular clarity the continent's unique historical geography.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801845734
• ISBN13: 9780801845734
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.6" x 11.3"