Railroads and American Political Development: Infrastructure, Federalism, and State Building
Zachary Callen, "Railroads and American Political Development: Infrastructure, Federalism, and State Building"
English | ISBN: 0700623000 | 2016 | 288 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0700623000 | 2016 | 288 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
America’s founders envisioned a federal government of limited and enumerated powers. What they could not envision, of course, was the vast and complex infrastructure that the growing nation would demand—a demand that became ever clearer as the power and importance of railroads emerged. The requirements of a nationwide rail network, it also became clear, far exceeded the resources of state and local government and private industry. The consequences, as seen in this book, amounted to state building from the ground up. In
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