logo
0
Product categories

EbookNice.com

Most ebook files are in PDF format, so you can easily read them using various software such as Foxit Reader or directly on the Google Chrome browser.
Some ebook files are released by publishers in other formats such as .awz, .mobi, .epub, .fb2, etc. You may need to install specific software to read these formats on mobile/PC, such as Calibre.

Please read the tutorial at this link.  https://ebooknice.com/page/post?id=faq


We offer FREE conversion to the popular formats you request; however, this may take some time. Therefore, right after payment, please email us, and we will try to provide the service as quickly as possible.


For some exceptional file formats or broken links (if any), please refrain from opening any disputes. Instead, email us first, and we will try to assist within a maximum of 6 hours.

EbookNice Team

(Ebook) The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West by Dearinger, Ryan ISBN 9780520960374, 0520960378

  • SKU: EBN-5283780
Zoomable Image
$ 32 $ 40 (-20%)

Status:

Available

4.4

8 reviews
Instant download (eBook) The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West after payment.
Authors:Dearinger, Ryan
Pages:310 pages.
Year:2016
Editon:First edition
Publisher:University of California Press
Language:english
File Size:3.85 MB
Format:pdf
ISBNS:9780520960374, 0520960378
Categories: Ebooks

Product desciption

(Ebook) The filth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West by Dearinger, Ryan ISBN 9780520960374, 0520960378

"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful riches and did the Lord's bidding. Celebrated for their spirit and perseverance in 'building' the nation's infrastructure, they found respect for looking to tomorrow and creating a future. For generations, most indexes of American history supported and reinforced this narrative of progress. Yet, if this is the historical memory, it is conveniently stunted. What of those whose bodies strained and broke under the load of such glories? What of those men beyond the din and fanfare who only appear in old photographs with faces blurred and indistinguishable? In their lives and deaths in the mud, muck, and mountains is another history of American achievement. These barely visible and forgotten, ordinary men, 'unskilled' immigrants from Ireland and China, Mormons, and native-born American workingmen rank, as well, as the creators of national growth and progress. Their experiences and voices, along with those of the privileged and well-connected, are the subjects of this study. I examine the rise of Western canals and railroads to national prominence through the menial labor of countless men, largely hidden from view because they left virtually no paper trail, who strung together livelihoods at the economic fringes of society. This book examines the contest for control of American progress and history as distilled from the competing narratives of canal and railroad construction workers and those fortunate enough to avoid this fate"--Provided by publisher.
Abstract: Explores the untold side of a well-known American story. This book salvages stories often omitted from the triumphant narrative of progress by focusing on the suffering and survival of the workers who were treated as outsiders.
*Free conversion of into popular formats such as PDF, DOCX, DOC, AZW, EPUB, and MOBI after payment.

Related Products

-20%

(Ebook) Biota Grow 2C gather 2C cook by Loucas, Jason; Viles, James ISBN 9781459699816, 9781743365571, 9781925268492, 1459699815, 1743365578, 1925268497

$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) SAT II Success MATH 1C and 2C 2002 (Peterson's SAT II Success) by Peterson's ISBN 9780768906677, 0768906679

$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) Matematik 5000+ Kurs 2c Lärobok by Lena Alfredsson, Hans Heikne, Sanna Bodemyr ISBN 9789127456600, 9127456609

4.6

12 reviews
$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) Master SAT II Math 1c and 2c 4th ed (Arco Master the SAT Subject Test: Math Levels 1 & 2) by Arco ISBN 9780768923049, 0768923042

4.7

9 reviews
$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) Cambridge IGCSE and O Level History Workbook 2C - Depth Study: the United States, 1919-41 2nd Edition by Benjamin Harrison ISBN 9781398375147, 9781398375048, 1398375144, 1398375047

$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) African Americans in the West (Cultures in the American West) by Douglas Flamming ISBN 9781598840025, 1598840029

5.0

41 reviews
$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation 1783-1784: With a Word on the Importance of Ballooning for the Science of Heat and the Art of Building Railroads by Charles Coulston Gillispie ISBN 9781400855209

4.5

34 reviews
$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) Cradle of Filth: The Curse of Venus Aversa by Dani Filth, Kurt Amacker ISBN 9780991571215, 0991571215

4.4

18 reviews
$40 $32
-20%

(Ebook) Negro Building: Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums by Mabel O. Wilson ISBN 9780520952492, 0520952499

4.7

30 reviews
$40 $32