Train time; railroads and the imminent reshaping of the United States landscape.9780813926681 Train time; railroads rail·road n. 1. A road composed of parallel steel rails supported by ties and providing a track for locomotive-drawn trains or other wheeled vehicles. 2. and the imminent reshaping of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. landscape. Stilgoe, John R. U. of Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). Press 2007 281 pages $29.95 Hardcover HE2751 Having studied and lectured about the implications of railroads for about 30 years, Stilgoe (Orchard orchard, generally an area on which fruit or nut trees are planted and cultivated. The words grove and plantation are often used when the fruits are tropical, e.g., a "citrus grove" or a "banana plantation. Professor of Visual & Environmental Studies, Harvard Harvard, town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. ) picks up where he left off in his previous work, Metropolitan Corridor, sharing his observations (and celebration) of the restoration of rail travel for freight and passengers. He details how railroads shape the physical environment (people and economic activity collect around them; there's money to be made), and the ways in which their return signals social, cultural, and economic changes as well as decisions to be made concerning government expenditures, and land use and development policies. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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