| Description |
1 online resource (523 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. The Pioneer Years, 1830-1855 -- Part 2. The Railroads Come of Age, 1855-1875 -- Part 3. The Explosive Years, 1875-1897 -- Part 4. The Golden Years, 1897-1920 -- Part 5. The Roaring Twenties, the Depression, and World War II, 1920-1945 -- Part 6. The Waning Years, 1945-1976 -- Part 7. The Return of the Rails, 1976-2000 -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
In this thoroughly researched history, Graydon Meints tells the fascinating story of the railroad's arrival and development in Michigan. An engaging and accessible text, the book describes the long-awaited and often-troubled advent of the railroad in the state, the building of which shifted from private to public efforts and back again, amid tumultuous social, business, and political developments. The railroad would come to play a role in almost every critical event in Michigan's history, including the Civil War, the Granger Movement, and the Gilded Age, before beginning to wane f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Railroads -- Michigan -- History.
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Railroads. |
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Michigan. |
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History. |
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Railroads -- Michigan -- History -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meints, Graydon M. Railroads for Michigan. East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, ©2013 9781611860856 |
| ISBN |
9781609173746 (electronic book) |
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1609173740 (electronic book) |
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9781611860856 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1611860857 |
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9781611860856 |
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