The Industrial Revolution in America: RailroadsKevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom ABC-CLIO, 2005 - 289 頁 A set of books on the Industrial Revolution, these comprehensive volumes cover the history of steam shipping, iron and steel production, and railroads-three interrelated enterprises that helped shift the Industrial Revolution into overdrive. |
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... Vanderbilt's New York Empire It was in the post - Civil War era that the railroad barons really emerged . One of the first of these was Cornelius Vanderbilt . Born in 1794 on Staten Island in New York , Vanderbilt grew up on one of the ...
... Vanderbilt's New York Empire It was in the post - Civil War era that the railroad barons really emerged . One of the first of these was Cornelius Vanderbilt . Born in 1794 on Staten Island in New York , Vanderbilt grew up on one of the ...
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... ( Vanderbilt 1989 ) . In the late 1840s , Van- derbilt - who quired the ac- had nickname Commodore - continued to expand the scope of his shipping interests along the eastern seaboard . By the late 1840s , he owned a fleet of more than ...
... ( Vanderbilt 1989 ) . In the late 1840s , Van- derbilt - who quired the ac- had nickname Commodore - continued to expand the scope of his shipping interests along the eastern seaboard . By the late 1840s , he owned a fleet of more than ...
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... Vanderbilt's bid for control . When Vanderbilt tried to have them arrested , Gould , Drew , and Fisk fled to Albany , New York , where they blatantly bribed legislators to give their legal blessing to the stock manipulation . When they ...
... Vanderbilt's bid for control . When Vanderbilt tried to have them arrested , Gould , Drew , and Fisk fled to Albany , New York , where they blatantly bribed legislators to give their legal blessing to the stock manipulation . When they ...
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Innovations and Inventions | 39 |
Major Entrepreneurs and Companies | 57 |
Lives of the Workforce | 87 |
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