The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / Ryan Dearinger.

"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful ric...

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Main Author: Dearinger, Ryan, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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