Cities of Light and Heat takes us to Kansas City and Denver during the late nineteenth century when gas and electricity were introduced to these "instant cities" of the west. With rich detail, Mark Rose shows how the new technology spread during the next century from a few streets and businesses within the city limits to countless private homes in the suburbs. In Kansas City and Denver, as in most communities throughout the U.S., business executives, city leaders, and engineers acted as early promoters of the new technology. But by the early 1900s educators, home builders,...
Cities of Light and Heat takes us to Kansas City and Denver during the late nineteenth century when gas and electricity were introduced to...
The Best Transportation System in the World Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Seely, and Paul F. Barrett "The authors have ambitiously tackled a massive topic and have succeeded in showing the complexities of regulatory policies over an extended period, grasping the 'big picture.'. . . This type of study is long overdue, filling a void in the literature of American transportation history."--Roger Grant, Enterprise and Society "This important book argues persuasively that it was history and politics, not markets and...
The Best Transportation System in the World Railroads, Trucks, Airlines, and American Public Policy in the Twentieth Century Mark H. Rose, Bruce E. Se...
