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Author:

Jakle, John A., author.

Title:

Supplanting America's railroads : the early auto age, 1900-1940 / John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xvii, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

United States.
1900-1999
History.
Railroads--United States--History--20th century.
Automobile industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Sculle, Keith A., author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and index.

Contents:

America's railroads early in the twentieth century -- America's highways early in the twentieth century -- The railroads adopt and adapt -- Railroad crossings -- Streetcars -- Interurban railways -- Rail motor cars -- Railroad bus subsidiaries -- Railroad trucking subsidiaries.

ISBN:

1621902684 (pbk.)
9781621902683 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)949553462

LCCN:

2016016550

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)