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Stanford historian Richard White explores the role of the railroad in shaping the modern American West.

January 30, 2012 - 1:36pm

 

Book cover: Railroaded

"Railroad hyperbole echoes all the way down to the dot-com frenzy"  Stanford historian Richard White explores the role of the railroad in shaping the modern American West. (For the full article, click here. Stanford Report, January 13, 2012)

 

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