Building the Transcontinental Railroad: Race of the Railroad Companies 9781538208267, 9781538208168, 9781538208045

The First Transcontinental Railroad: A History of the Building of the Pacific Railroad 9781465947420

The First Transcontinental Railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad, was a railroad built in the United States b

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El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad) 9781538250570, 9781538250563, 9781538250556

A transcontinental railroad spanning the United States was once thought to be impossible. After a practical route was fo

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The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad 9781503609259

This landmark volume sheds light on the lives and experiences of the Chinese workers who made up 90% of the workforce th

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The Union Pacific: The History of America’s Most Famous Railroad Company and Its Role in the Transcontinental Railroad

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *In

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The Chinese and the iron road. Building the transcontinental railroad 9781503608290, 9781503609242, 9781503609259, 7217572177, 2013114117, 1993151176, 1993255303, 1974197204, 1503608298, 1503609243

The completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 is usually told as a story of national triumph and a key mom

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The Structure of Transcontinental Railroad Rates [Reprint 2020 ed.] 9780520336629

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The Racial Railroad 9781479812783

Reveals the legacy of the train as a critical site of race in the United States Despite the seeming supremacy of car cu

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Empire's Tracks: Indigenous Nations, Chinese Workers, and the Transcontinental Railroad 9780520969056

Empire’s Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lako

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Railroad signaling 0760313601, 9780760313602

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Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad 9781480442931, 1480442933

True stories drawn from the inspirational and heartrending history of the Underground Railroad It is estimated that by

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