Men, Cities And Transportation: A Study In New England History, 1820-1900 (Two Volumes) by Kirkland Chase, Edward - 1968

New York: Russell & Russell, 1968. Hardcover. Good+ (ex-library w/ stamps to textblocks, discard ID to lower spine, internal stamps, usual markings, etc. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower textblock edge. light edge-wear; rubbing to corners w/ creasing & bumping. spines sunned). light red cloth w/ silver spine printing. vol1: book xvi, 528 pgs; vol2: book ix, 499 pgs. From a college library. Both volumes appear to have clean pages, but, may have marginalion, notations, etc. "Scholarly history of the railroads of New England, covering the transition from the area's pre-railroad dependence on horses and waterways for transportation through to the point where two great systems -- the Boston & Maine and the New Haven -- had come into being. the author covers every aspect, from the origins of the smaller lines that were eventually consolidated into the greater as well as analysis of the workers, the managers, the corporate structures, financing, government aid, relationship to coastal shipping (such as the Fall River Lines), and safety. Volume 1 is 528 pages; Volume 2 is 499 pages and contains the index for both volumes."--AmazonTr.