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 | American Railroad Labor and the Genesis of the New Deal, 1919-1935 ISBN: 9780813042954 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Florida Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History -- 20th century; Railroads -- Employees -- Legal status laws etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Working; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | American Railroads ISBN: 9780674369368 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Harvard University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Railroads and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Amtrak in the Heartland ISBN: 9780253027931 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Amtrak -- History; Railroads -- United States -- Passenger traffic -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Bracero Railroaders: The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West ISBN: 9780295998312 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Washington Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Foreign workers Mexican -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History -- 20th century; World War 1939–1945 -- Manpower -- United States; World War 1939–1945 -- War work -- United States; Railroads -- Un; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality ISBN: 9780674020283 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Harvard University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History; Afro-Americans -- Employment -- United States -- History; Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History; Race discrimination -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge ISBN: 9780520968271 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Tramps -- United States -- History; Homelessness -- United States -- History; Tramps -- United States -- Social conditions; Tramps -- Political aspects -- United States; Railroads -- United States -- History; Social values -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Electric Interurbans and the American People ISBN: 9780253023209 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Street-railroads -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer ISBN: 9780253023599 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Sprague Frank J. (Frank Julian) 1857–1934; Inventors -- United States -- Biography; Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography; Electric railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Harriman vs. Hill: Wall Street’s Great Railroad War ISBN: 9781452939889 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Harriman Edward Henry 1848–1909; Hill James Jerome 1838–1916; Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Stock exchanges -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Speculation --; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | John W. Barriger III: Railroad Legend ISBN: 9780253032898 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Barriger John W. (John Walker) 1899-1976; Railroads -- United States -- Biography; Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- Biography; Railroads -- Management -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Railroads and state -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Metropolitan Corridor: Railroads and the American Scene ISBN: 9780300236330 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- History; Railroads -- United States -- Right of way -- History; Railroads -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Railroading Religion: Mormons, Tourists, and the Corporate Spirit of the West ISBN: 9781469653228 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Mormon Church -- History -- 19th century; Mormon Church -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century; Railroads -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Tourism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Corinne (Utah) -- History -- 19th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Railroads and American Political Development: Infrastructure, Federalism, and State Building ISBN: 9780700623013 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kansas Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads and state -- United States -- History; Infrastructure (Economics) -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Federal aid to transportation -- United States -- History; Federalism -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Railroads, Reconstruction, and the Gospel of Prosperity: Aid Under the Radical Republicans, 1865-1877 ISBN: 9781400857128 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads and state -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Reconstruction; Republican Party (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1865–1877; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Rock Island Requiem: The Collapse of a Mighty Fine Line ISBN: 9780700620302 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University Press of Kansas Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (1948–); Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Railroads -- United States -- Finance -- History -- 20th century; Business failures -- United States -- History -- 20th century; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Electric Pullman: A History of the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company ISBN: 9780253007995 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Niles Car & Manufacturing Company; Electric railroads -- Cars -- United States -- History; Railroad cars -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Filth of Progress: Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West ISBN: 9780520960374 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of California Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Canal construction workers -- United States -- History; Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History; Foreign workers -- United States -- History; Canals -- United States -- History; Railroads -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Great Northern Railway: A History ISBN: 9780816696437 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Minnesota Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) -- History; Railroads -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America ISBN: 9780300171686 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Yale University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865 -- Transportation; Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Railroads -- Confederate States of America -- History; Confederate States of America. Army -- Transportation; United States. Army --; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman ISBN: 9780807838037 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of North Carolina Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Harriman Edward Henry 1848–1909; Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography; Railroads -- United States -- History; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Railroad Photography of Jack Delano ISBN: 9780253021571 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Indiana University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- Portraits; Delano Jack -- Photograph collections; United States. Farm Security Administration -- Photograph collections; United States. O; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | The Routes Not Taken ISBN: 9780823253753 Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Fordham University Press Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters Subjects: Subways; Subways; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC DE MD NJ NY PA).; TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation.; TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History.; ■ Detailed Information | |
 | Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century ISBN: 9781400855841 Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Princeton University Press Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter Subjects: Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History; Railroads -- United States -- Personnel management -- History; ■ Detailed Information |