New roads, canals, and railroads in early 19th-century America
Subtitle: the transportation revolution
By: Kurt Ray.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Life in the new American nation
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group; Rosen Publishing Group
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Transportation -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.; Transportation -- History -- 19th century.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Explores the beginnings of modern transportation in the nineteenth century, when the influx of immigrants required better roads, safe water routes, and railroads to be built across the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 30) and index.
Table of contents: title: From mountain paths to turnpikes; title: West by water; title: The riverboats; title: The mighty railroads.