**Uncover the Mobile West: How Transportation Shaped a Region** Explore the dramatic transformation of the 20th-century American West through the lens of transportation in Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes’s “Going Places.” This insightful hardcover examines how railroads, highways, and aviation revolutionized the region, impacting its economy, culture, and environment. Schwantes goes beyond a simple history of infrastructure, delving into the social and personal stories woven into the West’s transportation networks. Discover how the arrival of the railroad spurred economic booms and westward expansion. Explore the cultural impact of the automobile and the iconic Route 66, symbolizing freedom and mobility. Learn about the rise of aviation in the West, connecting the region to the world. This edition offers a unique perspective on how people experienced the vast landscapes through train, plane, and automobile windows, shaping their perceptions of the West. With compelling anecdotes and over 100 photographs, “Going Places” offers a fascinating look at a region on the move. Ideal for history enthusiasts and anyone curious about the forces that forged the modern American West.
Going Places: Transportation Redefines the Twentieth-Century West
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It seems difficult even to imagine the modern West without reference to its planes, trains, and automobiles. Freeways define modern Los Angeles, as Route 66 still recalls the freedom of the open road. Seattle, long home to Boeing, gave birth to jetliners such as the 707. And once trains with glamorous names like The Sunset Limited and The Great Northern Flyer carried passengers in posh luxury through the grand vistas of the West. “Railways, highways, and skyways link landscapes both ordinary and sublime for tourists in search of scenic splendor,” observes Carlos Arnaldo Schwantes. But those same corridors often leaven despair with opportunity for those who dream that the mobility brought by car, train, and plane will help them find better jobs or escape from their pasts.
Going Places looks at three major ways in which transportation has shaped the great Western landscape. There are the transformations brought about by a railroad right-of-way, highway corridors, waterways, and airports, and the larger impacts of transportation on the landscape, such as the development that followed the iron rails westward. Finally, Schwantes considers how travelers experience the passing landscape as framed by the windows of automobiles, passenger trains, and jetliners, and what that might mean. He examines the interconnections between railroad, highway, aviation, and waterways, and between society and modes of transportation. This masterful narrative travels the length and breadth of a vast space, with marvelous anecdotes and telling details that bring the story to life. More than 100 carefully selected photographs complement the text.
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| ISBN-10 | 0253342023 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780253342027 |
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| Pages | 448 |
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| Weight | 1125 |
| Edition | Illustrated |
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