Immigrants, Americans, and the Building of Canals and Railroads in the West
by
Ryan Dearinger
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The Filth of Progress explores the untold side of a well-known American story. For more than a century, accounts of progress in the West foregrounded the technological feats performed while canals and railroads were built and lionized the capitalists who financed the projects. This book salvages...