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Railroaded

The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
  • Richard White
2011
W. W. Norton & Co.

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The ceremony marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad.
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Breaking the Myth About America’s ‘Great’ Railroad Expansion

Historian Richard White on the greed, ineptitude and economic cost behind the transcontinental railroads, and the implications for infrastructure policy today.
by Richard White, Jake Blumgart via Governing on November 18, 2021
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