Railroads and the making of modern America
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- "[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."
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Form | computer; online resource |
| Place | Nebraska |
| Place | Lincoln, Neb. |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska--Lincoln |
| Date created | 2006; ©2006 |
| Language | English |
| Map data | Scale not given ; E 170.6--W 066.9/N 071.5--N 018.8 |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Thomas, William G, 1964- | |
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| Associated with | University of Nebraska--Lincoln, Center for Digital Research in the Humanities |
Subjects
| Subject | Railroads > United States > History > 19th century |
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| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Geographic information systems data |
Bibliographic information
| Note | Title from home page (viewed June 3, 2009). |
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| Note | This collection includes shapefile data representing railroad networks in the United States from 1840 to 1870. |
| System details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| OCLC | 375198327 |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/tp955sp0123 |
| Location | http://railroads.unl.edu |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This dataset is freely available for academic use and other non-commercial use. Redistribution, or commercial use is not allowed without prior permission. You are free to create maps and use the data in other ways for publication in academic journals, books, reports, etc.