Title: Railroads and the making of modern America
- Not specified
- 1800
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Stanford)
- Thomas, William G, 1964-
- University of Nebraska--Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
Dates
- Coverage: 1800
Publishers
- University of Nebraska--Lincoln
Summary
"[This site] explores the dynamic social change that came between 1850 and 1900 with the growth of railroads, telegraphs, steam ships and other technologies. It concentrates on the railroad network, and explores how the railroad's expansion and development brought profound economic, social, and political changes." Title from home page (viewed June 3, 2009). This collection includes shapefile data representing railroad networks in the United States from 1840 to 1870. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects
- United States
- Railroads
- History
- Other
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-66.9, 170.6, 71.5, 18.8)
- Geometry: BBOX (-66.9, 170.6, 71.5, 18.8)
Provider
Stanford
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Thomas, William G, 1964-, University of Nebraska--Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities. Railroads and the making of modern America. University of Nebraska--Lincoln. https://purl.stanford.edu/tp955sp0123
Languages
- English