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No industry is more central to the Gilded Age than the railroads. It transformed commerce. It shaped the contours of cities and maps. It created leisure and luxury in ways not known before. Best-selling author John Sedgwick talks about his latest book, From the River to the Sea, a tale of warring railroad tycoons.
Essential Reading:
John Sedgwick, From the River to the Sea (2021).
Additional Reading:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (2000).
Michael Hiltzik, Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (2020).
Richard White, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America (2012).
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No industry is more central to the Gilded Age than the railroads. It transformed commerce. It shaped the contours of cities and maps. It created leisure and luxury in ways not known before. Best-selling author John Sedgwick talks about his latest book, From the River to the Sea, a tale of warring railroad tycoons.
Essential Reading:
John Sedgwick, From the River to the Sea (2021).
Additional Reading:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like it in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (2000).
Michael Hiltzik, Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (2020).
Richard White, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America (2012).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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