The Northeast Corridor : The Trains, the People, the History, the Region

David Alff's stylish cultural history of the Northeast Corridor not only illuminates the history and geography of that heavily traveled stretch of railroad between Union Station in Washington, DC, and South Station in Boston-it provides a springboard to contemporary subjects like regional identity, the politics and perils of infrastructure, and the intense diversity of American populations. Paying as much attention to Aberdeen, Trenton, New Rochelle, and Providence as to America's earliest power centers and its current federal and cultural capitals, Alff tells a story of where America has been and where it might-if the rails remain intact-be going--

• | Author: David Alff
• | Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 19, 2024
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0226822834
• | ISBN-13: 9780226822839