Death Rode the Rails American Railroad Accidents and Safety, 1828-1965 |
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Author:
| Aldrich, Mark |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-8236-4 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $156.00 |
Book Description:
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For most of the nineteenthand much of the twentiethcenturies, railroads dominatedAmerican transportation.They transformedlife and they captured theimagination. Yet by 1907railroads had also becomethe largest cause of violentdeath in the country, in thatyear claiming the lives ofnearly twelve thousand passengers,workers, and others.In Death Rode ......
For most of the nineteenthand much of the twentiethcenturies, railroads dominatedAmerican transportation.They transformedlife and they captured theimagination. Yet by 1907railroads had also becomethe largest cause of violentdeath in the country, in thatyear claiming the lives ofnearly twelve thousand passengers,workers, and others.In Death Rode ......