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Author : George Edgar Turner
Publisher : Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004900481
Author : George Edgar Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Railroads
ISBN : LCCN:10001796
Author : Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421429748
Complicating the existing scholarship by demonstrating that the railroad and telegraph in the United States were uneasy partners at best—and more often outright antagonists—throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Train and the Telegraph will appeal to scholars of communication, transportation, and American business history and political economy, as well as to enthusiasts of the nineteenth-century American railroad industry.
Author : H. David Stone
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1570037167
Spanning more than one hundred miles across rice fields, salt marshes, and seven rivers and creeks, the Charleston & Savannah Railroad was designed to revolutionize the economy of South Carolina's lowcountry by linking key port cities. This history of the railroad records the story of the C&S and of the men who managed it during wartime.
Author : James W. Ely, Jr.
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-12-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780700611447
No enterprise is so seductive as a railroad for the influence it exerts, the power it gives, and the hope of gain it offers.—Poor's Manual of Railroads (1900) At its peak, the railroad was the Internet of its day in its transformative impact on American life and law. A harbinger and promoter of economic empire, it was also the icon of a technological revolution that accelerated national expansion and in the process transformed our legal system. James W. Ely Jr., in the first comprehensive legal history of the rail industry, shows that the two institutions-the railroad and American law-had a profound influence on each other. Ely chronicles how "America's first big business" impelled the creation of a vast array of new laws in a country where long-distance internal transport had previously been limited to canals and turnpikes. Railroads, the first major industry to experience extensive regulation, brought about significant legal innovations governing interstate commerce, eminent domain, private property, labor relations, and much more. Much of this development was originally designed to serve the interests of the railroads themselves but gradually came to contest and control the industry's power and exploitative tendencies. As Ely reveals, despite its great promise and potential as an engine of prosperity and uniter of far-flung regions, the railroad was not universally admired. Railroads uprooted people, threatened local autonomy, and posed dangers to employees and the public alike-situations with unprecedented legal ramifications. Ely explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways in which those ramifications played out, as railroads crossed state lines and knitted together a diverse nation with thousands of miles of iron rail. Epic in its scope, Railroads and American Law makes a complex subject accessible to a wide range of readers, from legal historians to railroad buffs, and shows the many ways in which a powerful industry brought change and innovation to America.
Author : Colonel Donald J. Wetekam
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786255976
For ten days after the Battle of Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia, under command of Robert E. Lee, remained trapped on the Union side of the flooded Potomac River. During that time, the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George G. Meade, pursued the Confederate forces as they retreated across Pennsylvania and Maryland, attempting but never quite succeeding in bringing about another general engagement. This paper examines the extent to which logistical factors on the Union side of the line hampered the effort to destroy the Confederate army. Specifically, it will seek to show that the resource limitations experienced by the Union army were a decisive factor in their inability to destroy Lee’s forces while they remained trapped on Union soil.
Author : John E. Clark, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807152669
By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an essential ingredient for ultimate victory.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Archives
ISBN : UOM:39015068967754
Author : Benjamin King,Richard C. Biggs,Eric R. Criner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030029049477
Author : Keir A. Lieber
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501724466
Do some technologies provoke war? Do others promote peace? Offense-defense theory contends that technological change is an important cause of conflict: leaders will be tempted to launch wars when they believe innovation favors attackers over defenders. Offense-defense theory is perhaps best known from the passionate and intricate debates about first-strike capability and deterrence stability during the cold war, but it has deeper historical roots, remains a staple in international relations theorizing, and drives modern arms control policymaking. In War and the Engineers, the first book systematically to test the logical and empirical validity of offense-defense theory, Keir A. Lieber examines the relationships among politics, technology, and the causes of war. Lieber's cases explore the military and political implications of the spread of railroads, the emergence of rifled small arms and artillery, the introduction of battle tanks, and the nuclear revolution. Lieber incorporates the new historiography of World War I, which draws on archival materials that only recently became available, to challenge many common beliefs about the conflict. The author's central conclusion is that technology is neither a cause of international conflict nor a panacea; instead, power politics remains paramount.
Author : Roger Pickenpaugh
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803237200
A chronicle of the massive Federal troop movement by rail, which sent reinforcements to a besieged Chatanooga in 1863, details the strategic importance of the Union's superiority in technology and mobility over the forces of the Confederates under Longstreet. UP.
Author : William B. Holberton
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811746892
What happened to the hundreds of thousands of men in the Union and Confederate armies after they lay down their arms? According to William Holberton, many of these men had miles to travel before they were discharged from service, and the passage of these miles included some rather unique situations and experiences. As always, there was bureaucratic red tape and mishandled orders, and in some cases, tragic accidents, such as the Sultana disaster. Beginning with the surrender at Appomattox Court House, the author takes the reader through all the aspects and phases of demobilization, including the Grand Review in Washington, the desertions of soldiers overly eager to return home, the differences between Union and Confederate demobilization, the repatriation of prisoners of war, and the deferred demobilization of many black troops. The late William Holberton was a retired priest living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He spent the years since his retirement researching and writing Homeward Bound, his first book. He had previously published related articles in magazines such as Civil War Times Illustrated.
Author : James Alvin Huston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112047636557
A record of the Army's experience in developing a workable and effective logistical system against the background of changing conditions in both peace and war.
Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440867286
This work covers major weapons throughout human history, beginning with clubs and maces; through crossbows, swords, and gunpowder; up to the hypersonic railgun, lasers, and robotic weapons under development today. Weapons and Warfare is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and highly informative overview of weapons and their impact on the course of human history. In addition to providing basic factual information, this encyclopedia will delve into the greater historical context and significance of each weapon. The chronological organization by time period will enable readers to fully understand the evolution of weapons throughout history. The work begins with a foreword by a top scholar and a detailed introductory essay by the editor that provides an illuminating historical overview of weapons. It then offers entries on more than 650 individual weapons systems. Each entry has sources for further reading. The weapons are presented alphabetically within six time periods, ranging from the prehistoric and ancient periods to the contemporary period. Each period has its own introduction that treats the major trends occurring in that era. In addition, 50 sidebars offer fascinating facts on various weapons. Numerous illustrations throughout the text are also included.
Author : James A. Huston
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Logistics
ISBN : 0160899141