Robert G Angevine The Railroad and the State sku-27097144

The Railroad and the State: War, Politics, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America is a hardcover title listed under Robert G Angevine, SKU sku-27097144, among Military History Books. It examines the changing relationship between the U.S. Army and American railroads during the nineteenth century.

The book covers military engineers' work on early railroads, railroad use during the Civil War, and the exchange of military protection for cheap transportation in the American West. It also considers the military's role in technological and industrial development and its relationship with private enterprise.