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21 wrz 2012 · Richard White has written a detailed history about the ruthless, unprincipled, conniving men who built transcontinental railroads or, more accurately, created them from complex financing schemes.
1 sty 2011 · With characteristic originality, range, and authority, Richard White shows the transcontinentals to be pivotal actors in the making of modern America. But the triumphal myths of the golden spike, robber barons larger than life, and an innovative capitalism all die here.
27 mar 2012 · Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded, winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize...
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 'A powerful book, crowded with telling details and shrewd observations.' —Michael Kazin, New York Times Book Review , Railroaded, The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, Richard White, 9780393342376
In Railroaded, Richard White gives a comprehensive account of the economic, social, and political aspects of transcontinental railroads. The book is based on a deep reading of the sources and is a must read for anyone interested in transportation and the development of the American economy.
11 lip 2011 · In his new book, Stanford history professor Richard White writes that some of the tycoons that built the transcontinental railroad system were corrupt, caused economic and environmental ruin and abused government subsidies. White joins us to discuss his book, "Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America."
15 lip 2011 · The historian Richard White sees the 19th-century American railways as a Gilded Age extravagance that worked social, political and environmental havoc.
