Regulating Railroad Innovation: Business, Technology, and Politics in America, 1840 1920 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521001069)

Efforts to create and mold new technologies have been a central, recurrent feature of the American experience since at least the time of the Revolution. Many of the most tumultuous events in the nation's history have involved disputes over the appropriateness and desirability of particular technologies. For nearly a century, railroad technology persistently posed novel challenges for Americans, prompting them to reexamine their most cherished institutions and beliefs. Covering a now neglected aspect of American history, Usselman traces their myriad struggles in rich detail.

Author: Steven W. Usselman
ISBN-10: 0521001064
ISBN-13: 9780521001069
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/11/2002
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.46h x 5.52w x 1.07d