The North Carolina Railroad, 1849-1871, and the Modernization of North Carolina (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
by Allen W Trelease
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- ISBN 10
- 0807819417
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819418
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About This Item
Chapel Hill: Univ Of North Carolina Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing. Fine, unused copy with some faint foxing edges of the text block in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xvi+486 pp. with bibliography, index. The North Caolina Railroad ran from Goldsboro west to Raliegh as was a major force in the growth that transformed the state in the last half of the 19th century. During its years of independent operation (the year covered by this volume, 1849-1871), the 223 mile railroad was North Carolona'slongest road, l;argest business corporation, and leading source of revenue. The road was then leased to the Richmind and Danville where it became a vital link connecting Washington and Atlanta, and still operates today as part of the Norfolk-Southern.
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- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E29515
- Title
- The North Carolina Railroad, 1849-1871, and the Modernization of North Carolina (Fred W Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
- Author
- Allen W Trelease
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0807819417
- ISBN 13
- 9780807819418
- Publisher
- Univ Of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapel Hill
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- railroads, trains, transporation, south, north carolina,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad;
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