EIn the nineteenth century, the railroads captured the imagination of artists, and the steam engine in the distance of a landscape became as much a part of it as the herd of cows in the foreground. The Impressionist Claude Monet painted man-made structures like railway stations and cathedrals ...
In recent decades economic historians have attempted to quantify the economic impact of railroads. Both Robert Fogel and Albert Fishlow found that, with appropriate investments in canals and roads, the total of railroad services for a typical year in the late nineteenth century could have been prov...
In the mid-nineteenth century, as iceboxes became increasingly common in American homes, there were efforts to find cheaper and more reliable sources of ice. In the eighteen-thirties, scientists discovered a way to make ice, which is similar to how a refrigerator works. In 1860, there were ...
In recent decades economic historians have attempted to quantify the economic impact of railroads. Both Robert Fogel and Albert Fishlow found that, with appropriate investments in canals and roads, the total of railroad services for a typical year in the late nineteenth century could have been prov...
列强瓜分狂潮中对铁路权的争夺(The scramble for railway rights in the division of power by the great powers) The scramble for railway rights in the division of power by the great powers Nanjing Chemical Industry Corporation No.1 Middle School Zhang Xiaohua In the late nineteenth Century, with the...
NINETEENTH CENTURYReviewed: Railroads in the Nineteenth Century. Frey, Robert L., ed.KerrK. AustinJournal of American History
By the late 19th century the federal government had grown weary of their power and sought to reel in the industry. That effort began in 1887 with the Interstate Commerce Commission's creation, tasked with regulating the railroads. HistoryIt...
Railroads in the Age of Regulation, 1900-1980. Reviewed: Railroads in the Age of Regulation, 1900-1980. Bryant, Keith L., Jr., ed. Kerr,K Austin - 《Journal of American History》 被引量: 0发表: 1991年 Railroads in the Nineteenth Century. Ed. by Robert L. Frey. (New York: Facts ...
aIn the nineteenth century, the Lower Yangzi lowlands relied on its intricate waterways for cocoon transportation, thus barely surviving Qing’s prohibition of railroads in China 在19世纪,更低的Yangzi低地在中国依靠它的复杂水路为茧运输,因而几乎没有生存铁路的Qing的禁止[translate]...
took eighteen. Railroads, by contrast, required only six to eight days, thus cutting the time by more than half that of their closest waterborne competitors. 1 As the American economy developed in the early nineteenth century-particularly during the Jacksonian Era (named for Andrew Jackson, ...