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100	1		_aDearinger, Ryan, _d1979- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe filth of progress : _bimmigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West / _cRyan Dearinger.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2016]
264		4	_c©2016
300			_a1 online resource (310 pages) : _billustrataions, maps
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a"Bind the Republic together" : canals, railroads, and the paradox of American progress -- Immigrant labor and the American imagination : Irish ditchdiggers, the triumph of progress, and the contest of canal communities in the Hoosier State -- "Abuse of the labour and lives of men" : Irish construction workers and the violence of progress on the Illinois transportation frontier -- "Hell (and Heaven) on wheels" : Mormons, immigrants, and the reconstruction of American progress and masculinity on the transcontinental railroad -- "The greatest monument of human labor" : Chinese immigrants, the landscape of progress, and the work of building and celebrating the transcontinental railroad -- End-of-track : reflections on the history of immigrant labor and American progress.
520			_a"In America's historical imagination, toil and triumph against nature and overwhelming odds characterizes such achievements as the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroad. Triumph transformed canal and railroad entrepreneurs into visionaries whose work brought the nation bountiful riches and did the Lord's bidding. Celebrated for their spirit and perseverance in 'building' the nation's infrastructure, they found respect for looking to tomorrow and creating a future. For generations, most indexes of American history supported and reinforced this narrative of progress. Yet, if this is the historical memory, it is conveniently stunted. What of those whose bodies strained and broke under the load of such glories? What of those men beyond the din and fanfare who only appear in old photographs with faces blurred and indistinguishable? In their lives and deaths in the mud, muck, and mountains is another history of American achievement. These barely visible and forgotten, ordinary men, 'unskilled' immigrants from Ireland and China, Mormons, and native-born American workingmen rank, as well, as the creators of national growth and progress. Their experiences and voices, along with those of the privileged and well-connected, are the subjects of this study. I examine the rise of Western canals and railroads to national prominence through the menial labor of countless men, largely hidden from view because they left virtually no paper trail, who strung together livelihoods at the economic fringes of society. This book examines the contest for control of American progress and history as distilled from the competing narratives of canal and railroad construction workers and those fortunate enough to avoid this fate"--Provided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCanal construction workers _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aRailroad construction workers _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aForeign workers _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCanals _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aRailroads _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDearinger, Ryan. _tFilth of progress : immigrants, Americans, and the building of canals and railroads in the West. _dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] _z9780520284593
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11092775 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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