Steam City
Railroads, Urban Space, and Corporate Capitalism in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore
"David Schley crafts a fresh history not just of capitalism in Baltimore but of industrial capitalism itself, attending to the impacts of railroad development on the politics, geography, and image of cities, in a time when railroads were considered public-spirited undertakings. The inherent tensions-between private and public, profit and public good, image and function- were numerous and profound. By the time the railroad was implanted in the landscape, it had become the very embodiment of blind, grasping, confining capitalism. The iron cage is made of iron rails, and the iron rails define the streets, which confine the people"--
| Autor: | Schley, David |
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| ISBN: | 9780226720258 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | University Presses |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.10.2020 |
| Untertitel: | Railroads, Urban Space, and Corporate Capitalism in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore |
| Schlagworte: | 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation Baltimore HISTORY / United States / 19th Century History of engineering & technology History of engineering and technology History of the Americas Maryland Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History Trains & railways: general interest Trains and railways: general interest Transport industries c 1800 to c 1900 |
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