The American Transportation Revolution by Aaron W. ) Marrs HARDBACK

The American Transportation Revolution\nby Aaron W. ) Marrs\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Aaron W. ) Marrs\nTitle: The American Transportation Revolution\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\nISBN-13: 9781421448497\nISBN-10: 1421448491\nRRP: \u00A354.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nA history of steamboats and railroads in the United States prior to the Civil War.\nIn the first half of the nineteenth century, transportation in the United States underwent an extraordinary transformation. Steamboats and railroads turned long-distance travel from an arduous undertaking into a regularized commodity: travel became something that people could purchase. Historians have long understood the ec.