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Author Sandler, Martin W.

Title Straphanging in the USA : trolleys and subways in American life / Martin W. Sandler.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (61 pages) : illustrations (some color).
text file
Series Transportation in America
Transportation in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.
Summary An illustrated look at how the problem of moving large numbers of people within cities has been addressed through a series of vehicles and systems, from horse-drawn cars to the modern subway.
Contents Horsecars, els, and cable cars -- Trolley mania -- The trolley changes America -- The incredible interurban -- The trolley goes underground -- Modern rails for modern cities.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Street-railroads -- United States -- History.
Street-railroads.
United States.
History.
Subways -- United States -- History.
Subways.
Trolley cars -- United States -- History.
Trolley cars.
Urban transportation -- United States -- History.
Urban transportation.
Street-railroads.
Subways.
Trolley cars.
Urban transportation.
Transportation.
City and town life.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Sandler, Martin W. Straphanging in the USA. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003 (DLC) 2002014157
ISBN 9781429440356 (electronic book)
142944035X (electronic book)
1280564210
9781280564215
0195132297 (Cloth)