Railroads and the making of modern America
- Author(s)
- Thomas, William G, 1964- and University of Nebraska--Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
- Description
- "[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.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska--Lincoln
- Place(s)
- United States
- Subject(s)
- Railroads and History
- Year
- 19th century
- Held by
- Stanford
- More details at
- https://purl.stanford.edu/tp955sp0123
- 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.
