Passage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929

Series: English

How the railroads transformed American life between 1829 and 1929, and why the cost of their achievements was so damaging to the social and economic life of the nation. A quite wonderful book...richly textured and intellectually stimulating. --Elizabeth Blackmar, Columbia University. Selected by Choice as an outstanding book for 1997.