Название: Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America
Автор: Michael Hiltzik
Издательство: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544770315
Год: 2020
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 448
Размер: 18,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1869, when the final spike was driven into the Transcontinental Railroad, few were prepared for its seismic aftershocks. Once a hodgepodge of short, squabbling lines, America’s railways soon exploded into a titanic industry helmed by a pageant of speculators, crooks, and visionaries.