{"product_id":"railroads-in-the-old-south-aaron-w-marrs-9780801891304","title":"Railroads in the Old South","description":"\u003cp\u003eAaron W. Marrs challenges the accepted understanding of economic and industrial growth in antebellum America with this original study of the history of the railroad in the Old South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from both familiar and overlooked sources, such as the personal diaries of Southern travelers, papers and letters from civil engineers, corporate records, and contemporary newspaper accounts, Marrs skillfully expands on the conventional business histories that have characterized scholarship in this field. He situates railroads in the fullness of antebellum life, examining how slavery, technology, labor, social convention, and the environment shaped their evolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from seeing the Old South as backward and premodern, Marrs finds evidence of urban life, industry, and entrepreneurship throughout the region. But these signs of progress existed alongside efforts to preserve traditional ways of life. Railroads exemplified Southerners' pursuit of progress on their own terms: developing modern transportation while retaining a conservative social order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRailroads in the Old South\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron W. Marrs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801891302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801891304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 114","brand":"Aaron W. Marrs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757843824895,"sku":"9780801891304","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aa8fcb9-c895-4826-b789-f1dff5dbaac3.jpg?v=1765510710","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/railroads-in-the-old-south-aaron-w-marrs-9780801891304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}