Richard White
Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded , winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is Margaret Byrne Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and lives in Los Angeles, California.
Richard White is the author of many acclaimed histories, including the groundbreaking study of the transcontinentals, Railroaded , winner of the LA Times Book Prize and a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is Margaret Byrne Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, and lives in Los Angeles, California. See less
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The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896
Reconstruction And The Gilded Age
The Oxford History of the United States is a multivolume history of the American nation each of which is written by an acclaimed scholar. Each volume aims to present a thorough, comprehensive, ... Read More
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
The Transcontinentals And Creative Destruction
On May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah, the lines of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were symbolically linked together to celebrate the completion of the first transcontinental ... Read More
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Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
railroaded
by Fran m, Oct 6, 2011
Excellent documentary of the behind the scenes movements to move money, material, assign debts/receipts to different accounts so nobody could follow what was done. Claim work that wasn't done and ... Read More
