Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America

Genesis. First Principles -- Patriotism And Profit -- The Acts Of The Founders -- Building With Other People's Money -- Golden Spike -- A Railroad Life: H.k. Thomas -- Annus Horribilis: 1873. Springtime In Mexico -- Springtime In Canada -- The Indians' Perpetual Winter -- Political Storms Brewing -- Information And Trust -- The Long Winter -- Stories Of The Fall -- A Railroad Life: William Hyde -- Friends. The Lobby -- Antimonopoly And Party Politics -- The Southern Transcontinental -- Reform In The Gilded Age -- A Railroad Life: Elias C. Boudinot -- Spatial Politics. Absolute Space -- Relational Space -- The Things They Carried -- How Railroad Rates Construct Space -- The Rise Of The Octopus -- Regulating Space -- A Railroad Life: Alfred A. Cohen -- Kilkenny Cats. Creative Destruction -- The Colton Trial -- Territory -- Rationalizing Irrationality -- Superheroes Of Bad Management -- A System That Did Not Bury Its Dead -- Mise En Scène: Labor In Nature -- Men In Octopus Suits. The Visi