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First published in 1999
- Sales Rank: #1794607 in Books
- Published on: 1999-09-02
- Ingredients: Example Ingredients
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .52" h x 7.03" w x 9.99" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 144 pages
Review
...".author Stover, series editor Mark Carnes, and the publisher have done a favor for anyone interested in exploring briefly this essential faces of the nation's past."-"The Annals of Iowa, Fall 2001 "50 full-color maps blend with an excellent text in an illustrated atlas which will delight general history readers and rail fans alike....Highly recommended."-"The Bookwatch "Routledge has produced two new historical atlases that should be popular reading material and useful reference sources in most public and academic libraries and in some school libraries.... The attractive format, the graphics, and the text make them good reads. Some libraries will want two copies of each, one reference and one circulating."-"Booklist, 2/00 ""The Routledge Atlas of the American Railroads is sure to please that crazy uncle of yours with the crossing gates in his backyard."-"Seattle Times, Dec. 16, 1999
About the Author
John F. Stover is the leading historian and foremost authority on North American railroads. Previous works include American Railroads and History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful.
A Very Abridged and Superficial "Atlas"
By WILLIAM H FULLER
First of all, the title is very misleading. This is in no way an atlas "of the American Railroads." It is at best a superficial sketch book of a FEW American railroads. Too many major railroads are never mentioned at all. Of those that are included, historical narrative occupies no more than two pages each. The "Chronology" section on pages 130 through 133 does not even list the beginning or the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. The charts on page 127 showing the buy-outs and mergers resulting in today's "big four" roads are woefully incomplete; for example, the Santa Fe is shown as a component of today's BNSF, but all the various roads that were assimilated into the Santa Fe are omitted.
Even though the book purports to cover "railroads in the 1990s," it does not list, map or discuss any of the numerous (and relatively profitable) regional roads that have been created from cast-off routes of the Class 1 roads.
For anyone who is at all familiar with the history of American railroading, this book is far too superficial and incomplete to offer much knowledge of any value. For someone who is ignorant of the subject and wants a solid grounding in it, the book's brevity and many omissions also cause it to be of little value. Perhaps, as another reviewer has already noted, the book would be useful for youthful students learning the techniques of research at elementary or junior high school level. The information in the book is valid, just not adequately comprehensive for serious, adult research into American railroads.
Like the textual material, the maps are useful in visualizing the geographical areas which the included railroads occupied but are not sufficiently detailed to be of much help to an advanced researcher. They did help this "geographically challenged" reader better grasp the general location of some roads whose names were familiar but whose locations were vague.
The concept of the book was potentially excellent. While most of the well-known railroads in American history have had a plethora of both popular and scholarly books written about them, having one source that would present an abbreviated, chapter-length history of each would have been very handy. Add to that the recent histories of contemporary regional and short-line roads that have not yet been chronicled and we would have had a very useful addition to the literature on the subject. In execution, however, this atlas falls far short of the promise of its title. In final conclusion, I am forced to observe that it adds nothing to the extant literature and therefore really has no reason to exist.
26 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Great New Railroad Book
By Gary E. Hoover
If you are interested in American History (especially the development of the West), Business History, maps and atlases, or (most importantly) railroads, I believe that this is a book that belongs in your library.
The Smithsonian did a book of railroad maps a few years ago which was long on art and low on information; this book is packed with useful information and the maps are well-done. A complete set of maps shows how the US was developed (from East to West) with the help of the railroads, and the role the railroads played in opening up the interior, in the Civil War, WWII, etc.
This thorough section is then followed by excellent maps of the largest and most important rail systems. While you could find maps of each line in old railway guides or bargain books, none are of the quality and consistency of these maps. Stover, an eminent rail historian, adds a brief text history on each line. (though the definitive book on that is still the Trains magazine guide to Historical Railroads).
For those interested in business history, you cannot beat studying the rails, which were to late 19th century US what Microsoft and Intel are today. The story of the rails covers the rise, fall, and rebirth of this critical industry.
I have been waiting for this book for many years. It fills a long-vacant position in any good rail library, and teaches about history and business as well. The paperback is also one of the rare bargains in railroad books.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Five Stars
By Charles812
Great Transaction AAA+++
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