Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene Drew EAN: 9780688121419

EAN: 9780688121419

scholars cannot agree on which events at the end of the nineteenth century mark the beginning of formalized Jim Crow

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Release Date: 01-10-2007

Using government reports and documents

Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene Drew EAN: 9780688121419Author: Stilgoe, John R. Number Of Pages: 416 Release Date: 01 12 1983 Details: Pathbreaking examination of the impact of railroads on American culture and the built environment. Prof. Stilgoe focuses on how the railroads created metropolitan corridors that not only shaped the landscape but also American attitudes towards industrial might, exploration of the countryside and Nature, and the possibility of an ordered and beautiful future. Illustrated