{"product_id":"the-yankee-road-james-d-mcniven-9781627875196","title":"The Yankee Road: Tracing the Journey of the New England Tribe that Created Modern America, Vol. 2: Domination","description":"\u003cp\u003eWho is a Yankee and where did the term come from? Join author Jim McNiven as he explores the emergence and influence of Yankee culture while traversing an old transcontinental highway reaching from the Atlantic to the Pacific--US 20, which he nicknames \"The Yankee Road.\" \u003cem\u003eThe Yankee Road: Tracing the Journey of the New England Tribe that Created Modern America\u003c\/em\u003e combines fascinating history with a travel narrative, taking the reader on a journey through the places Yankees and their descendants settled as they expanded westward. Using a physical road to connect locations important to the Yankee cultural \"road,\" McNiven takes us on side trips into individual stories, introducing readers to the origins of such large-scale and diverse ideas as conservation, public education, telegraphy, mass production, religion, and labor reform. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second volume of a projected trilogy, Domination, centers on the growth of industry around the Great Lakes in the mid-nineteenth century into the twentieth century, something that led to the Yankee victory in the Civil War and the emergence of the reunited country as a major world power. Erastus Corning, Ida Tarbell, John Brown, JD Rockefeller, Henry Flagler, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, the Kellogg brothers, the Wright brothers and Judge Gary, all make appearances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James D. McNiven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1627875190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781627875196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wheatmark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.74d","brand":"James D. McNiven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052269785343,"sku":"9781627875196","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc4cd565-bd1e-4a44-bb93-c091ef606f72.jpg?v=1723555832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-yankee-road-james-d-mcniven-9781627875196","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}